1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



47 



Our Business. 



On the next page we present our 

 readers with a "bird's-eye view" 

 of our plant as seen from the north- 

 west side. The printing was done 

 from a zinc etching made from a pen 

 and ink sketch, and is a very correct 

 representation. 



We have been manufacturing bee 

 keepers' supplies for the past fifteen 

 years, beginning on a small scale with 

 a factory only 40x80 feet. From 

 time to time an increasing business 

 made it necessary to enlarge our cap- 

 acity, until today we can truthfully 

 claim to have the largest factory of 

 the kind in the world. 



Our machinery is run by water 

 power and we also have a 150 h. p. 

 engine with double boilers, our own 

 electric light plant and double exhaust 

 fans for carrying the sawdust and 

 shavings from machines to the fire 

 under boiler. All our buildings are 

 heated by steam and are protected 

 from fire by a complete system of 

 automatic sprinklers. We have three 

 large lumber yards which never con- 

 tain much less than one million feet 

 of such lumber as we constantly use. 



Owing to the extensive competition 

 and poor honey crops, the bee supply 

 business has not increased very rapid- 

 ly during the past two or three years, 

 and in order to keep our large force 

 (usually over one hundred men) busy 

 the year round we have added other 

 lines of goods, so now in addition to 

 bee keepers' supplies we manufacture 

 annually large quantities of household 

 and school supplies of different kinds. 

 Our factory is equipped with machin- 

 ery for making almost everything that 

 can be made of wood. 



Comb foundation is made in a sep- 

 arate building built expressly for the 

 purpose, and our make of foundation 

 is well and favorably knovvn. We 

 have special processes for cleaning 

 the wax and manufacturing the 

 foundation. 



In connection with our plant we 

 have a saw mill where is made a large 

 portion of the lumber used- by us. 



We are always glad to see our cus- 

 tomers and friends, and you are cor- 

 dially invited tO; call upon us when- 

 ever convenient when we will be 

 pleased to show you what we do and 

 how we do it. 



Honey and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give tlie latest and most authen- 

 tic report of the Honey and Beeswax market 

 in different trade centers : 



Kansas City, Mo.. J.<in. 22, 180G. — The demand 

 for honey is good. Supply light. Price of 1 lb. 

 comb 11 to 1-lc per lb. Extnictcd ^Yz to &/z(i per 

 pound. No beeswax on the market 



Hamblin ife Bearss, 514 Walnut St. 



Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 21, ItiOti.— Fair demand for 

 honey. Supply equal to the demand. Price of 

 comb 12 to 15c per pound. Extracted 6 to 7c per 

 lb. Good demand for wax. Small supply. Prices 

 27 to 28c per lb. 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Cincinnati, 0.. Jan. 22, 1896.— The demand for 

 honey is slow. Supply good. Price of be.<t white 

 comb honey 12 to 14c per lb. Extracted 4 to 7c per 

 lb. The demand for wa.x is good.; Smiill supply. 

 Prices 25 to 28e per lb. 



Chas. F. Muth ct Sox, 



Cor. Freeman and Central Aves. 



Albany, N. *Y., Jan. 22, 180(5.— The demand for 

 honey is very slow. Supply liberal. Price of 

 comb 8 to 14c per lb. Extracted 4 to (ic per lb. 

 The demand for beeswax is good. Prices 2s to 32c 

 per lb. Light supply. 



H. R. AVright. 



Boston, Mass., Jan. 23, 1890.— Fair demand for 

 honey. Supply equal to the demand. Price of 

 comb 14 to 15c per lb. Extracted 5 to Oc per lb. 

 K. E, Bi-AKE ik Co., 75 Chatham St. 



RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY 



is guaranteed to cure Piles and Constipation, or 

 money refunded. 50 cents per box. Send two 

 stamps for circular and Free Sample to MARTIN 

 RUDY, Registered Pharmacist, Lancaster, Pa. 

 No Postals Answered. For sale by all first- 

 class druggists everywhere, and in Jamestown, 

 N. Y., by FRANK W. PALMETER. 4-12 



