896 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Dec. 28. 1905 



3 A ConiDlete Establishment ^ 



\ We say that we can supply EVERYTHING for the bee-keeper. It IS a lilTERAti fact. Anything from bees to r^ 



^dl books, or hives to honey-boards. The completeness of our factory is not realized by most bee-keepers. Below we give the V 



^1 main Departments of our business. Read them over and then we are sure you will understand when we say EVERYTHING ^k^ 



^^ for the bee-keeper, we mean it. E^m 



^ WOOD-WORKING DEPT. (T 



^£ This department occupies the 3 floors of the main building of the factory. It is equipped from top to bottom with the ^ V 



*^ best machinery that brains can invent and money buy. Every detail in hive-making has been carefully figured out. Immense M^m 



X sheds covering acres of ground protect the lumber piles so that shrinkage is reduced to almost nothing. This accounts for f '' 



^di the accurate fitting and clearness of stock of Root's wooden wares. The entire factory, light, and machinery power, is fur- \ 



^m nished by a great, 400 horse-power engine, and a 100 horse-power dynamo. Va 



y WAX- WORKING DEPT. f^ 



^_y We are leaders in buying wax and selling the famous Weed Process Foundation. Our Wax Department is furnished ^ 



^flf with tanks for refining, machines for sheeting, all sizes of mills, automatic papering machines, etc. Over 150,000 pounds of Va 



r ^ foundation is made, boxed and shipped all over the world every year. 0& 



jJJ TIN SHOP \ 



Mm Here are made the thousands of smokers that bear the Root trade-mark of excellence. Here are made the cans for ex- ^m 



r ^ tractors and uncapping-cans. Machines for cutting honey-boards; presses for stamping tin and iron into various forms. U^ 



j3 machine shop \ 



mA Equipped with the most expensive machinery and manned by skillful employees. We make our own'metal parts and ^Bm 



r ^ much machinery for other factories. Powerful iron presses, iron cutting and drilling machines are in evidence everywhere. Ut^ 



j^^ APIARIES \ 



MM^'' - We have scattered in and around Medina 5 apiaries devoted exclusively to bee and queen rearing, supplemented by 5 ^m 



r ^ more in New Tork, Pennsylvania and Cuba, and we control the product of several other large queen-breeding establishments. mfif 



^ Our queens are bred with scientific care. We test every device we make before it is introduced to the public. ^ 



^ SHIPPING DEPT. ly 



r^m Two railroads run their cars to our doors. From a dozen to 20 men are kept busy loading and packing the 175 to 200 waT 



^ carloads we ship every year, besides the thousands of less than carload shipments. Eight express trains a day. With large T 



.Jk^ warehouse packed full and a great factory it is a little wonder that Roots have gained a reputation for promptness in filling A . 



mL orders for the hundreds of things in their catalog. pl# 



\ PRINTING DEPT. ^ 



^n Two large cylinder presses; 3 platen presses; paper folder, trimming, cutting and stitching machines; skilled typeset- ^J 



0^ ters, printers, book-binders— all help to turn out semi-monthly the large issues of Gleanings in Bee Culture; the five to ten wW 



W thousand ABC books every year; together with our 500,000 supply catalogs, not speaking of ithe numerous other r^ 



^j catalogs, booklets, labels and all varieties of printing. Two carloads of paper required for our annual catalog, a half carload V 



^W for our Christmas Gleanings alone. ^J 



^y BRANCHES AND AGENTS ^ 



^^ J Eight branches with large stock in all great centers. Numerous jobbing agencies and hundreds of smaller agents place V 



jn our goods at your door at factory prices, with freight charges and time taken in shipment reduced to the lowest possible point. ^k^ 



M^L We wonder if the bee-keeper ever thinks of the many hands and brains that plan for him? Of the hundreds of thousands of wW 



V dollars, and the hours consumed to make and deliver his supplies? r^ 



^ OFFICE \^ 



m^ The office is the brain of the factory. Here are the executive, editorial, advertising and book-keeping heads. Here the WW 



\^ thousands of details are cared for. Root's office is as modern as you can find anywhere. Six typewriters are kept busy ; add- f^^ 



^_ ^ ing machine, copying machine, vertical letter files, card indexes, etc.— everything to care for the half million dollars worth of V 



^n business we do yearly. We have every interest of the bee-keeper at heart. We are working for your good, for your prosperity ^k^ 



^^ means ours. ffm- 



^ The Compliments of the Season to Our Friends All Over World. \r 



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r ^ Our Catalog for 1906 is ready. Write for a copy if you want it now. U^ 



yl THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, Medina, Ohio ^ 



