24 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Jan. u. 19<6 



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3 A Complete Establishment f 



\ We say that we can supply EVERYTHING for the bee-keeper. It IS a LITERAL fact. Anything from bees to W~l 



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



Af£ main Departments of our business. Read them over and then we are sure you will understand when we 6ay EVERYTHING li 



"^ for the bee-keeper, we mean it. Jiaw 



±j WOOD-WORKING DEPT. C 



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



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



X sheds covering acres of ground protect the lumber piles so that shrinkage is reduced to almost nothing. Thi6 accounts for f "" 



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



mA nished by a great, 4110 horse-power engine, and a 100 horse-power dynamo. |^ 



\ WAX- WORKING DEPT. fr 



±■4 We are leaders in buying wax and selling the famous Weed Process Foundation. Our Wax Department is furnished ^ 



ji with tanks for refining, machines for sheeting, all 6izes of mills, automatic papering machines, etc. Over 150,000 pounds of |a 



r V foundation is made, boxed and shipped all over the world every year. lA w 



Jj TIN SHOP \ 



mL Here are made the thousands of smokers that bear the Root trade-mark of excellence. Here are made the cans for ex- 1> 



' W tractors and uncapping-cans. Machines for cutting honey- hoards; presses for stamping tin and iron into various forms. J/L 



^1 MACHINE SHOP \ 



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



' W much machinery for other factories. Powerful iron presses, iron cutting and drilling machines are in evidence everywhere. l/^ 



j^ APIARIES \ 



mm We have scattered in and around Medina 5 apiaries devoted exclusively to bee and queen rearing, supplemented by 5 J# 



' W more in New York, Pennsylvania and Cuba, and we control the product of several other large queen-breeding establishments. [rr 



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



_lt SHIPPING DEPT. \j 



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



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



kf 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. JV 



\ PRINTING DEPT. r* 



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



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



\ thousand ABC books every year; together with our 500,000 supply catalogs, not speaking of ithe numerous other ffi't' 



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



^7 for our Christmas Gleanings alone. -A . 



^i BRANCHES AND AGENTS Jfa 



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



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



01 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 



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



*{l OFFICE \. 



#A 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^^ 



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



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



**m. means ours. jF 



JC The Compliments of the Season to Our Friends All Over World. fr 



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r m Our Catalog for 1906 is ready. Write for a copy if you want it now. J&mw 



ft THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, Medina, Ohio j. 



