SEPTEMBER 15, 1912 



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Fig. 1. — Mr. Rood's "liglitning operator." 



The picture gives you a good glimpse of tlie celery when ready 

 to be harvested. 



only much more eomjjlieated and harder to 

 put together, but more expensive. Just 

 how much more expensive I can not say 

 at this time. Mr. Anthony, however, says 

 that all good tilings come to the front, and 

 he thinks that progressive beekeepers with 

 a future would be willing to pay for the 

 added cost. The hive is fully patented, the 

 claims covering both the design and details 

 of construction. 



SHORT CUTS FROM THE PRODUCER TO THE 

 CONSUMER 



BY A. I. ROOT 



For several years past I have had quite 

 a little to say to our readers in regard to 

 Mr. E. B. Rood. I have told you something 

 about how nicely he manages as superin- 

 tendent of our Sunday-school on Sunday, 

 and I have also told you quite a little about 

 his skill in market gardening. He was one 

 of the iirst to demonstrate that strawberries 

 can be grown successfully in Manatee Co. ; 

 and now for many years he has been grow- 

 ing strawberries by the acre, more or less, 

 and mai'keting all or nearly all in his own 

 locality. I do not mean to say that he ped- 

 dles them from house to house, but he runs 

 them into towns every morning with liis 

 automobile, and gets them into the hands of 



the people for dinner within an hour or two 

 after they are picked from the vines. While 

 his horses are busy plowing and cultivating 

 in the fields, the automobile takes the berries 

 quickly and safely to the grocer, where they 

 are sold out and consumed, usually the very 

 day they are picked. As I have exjilained, 

 Mr. Rood also does considerable business in 

 the way of selling real estate; and after the 

 strawberries are unloaded he takes time to 

 carry people who come from the North 

 around the surrounding country, and 

 through liis own beautiful garden, straw- 



5. — A heap of boxes ready to be filled; 

 trimmers and packers at work. 



also 



