44 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Jan. 8. 19 6 



3 A Complete Establishment \ 



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V We say that we can supply EVERYTHING for the bee-keeper. It IS a LITERAL fact. Anything from bees to f^ 

 ^J book6, or hives to honey-boards. The completeness of our factory is not realized by most bee-keepers. Below we give the "V 

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

 *^ for the bee-keeper, we mean it. UmT 



W WOOD-WORKING DEPT. \ 



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



' W best machinery that brains can invent and money buy. Every detail in hive-making has been carefully figured out. Immense £\r 



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



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



dk nished by a great, 400 horse-power engine, and a 100 horse-power dynamo. ^km 



/V WAX-WORKING- DEPT. f^ 



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



dk with tanks for refining, machines for sheeting,' all 6izes of mills, automatic papering machines, etc. Over 150,000 pounds of fW' 



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



W TIN SHOP \. 



dk Here are made the thousands of smokers that bear the Root trade-mark of excellence. Here are made the cans for ex- WW 



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



Jyf MACHINE SHOP \. 



dk Equipped with the most expensive machinery and manned by skillful employees. We make our own'metal parts and wW 



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



Jrf APIARIES \ 



ml We have scattered in and around Medina 5 apiaries devoted exclusively to bee aDd queen rearing, supplemented by 5 jW 



\ more in New York, Pennsylvania and Cuba, and we control the product of several other large queen-breeding establishments. f*^ 



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



fL SHIPPING DEPT. V 



X Two railroads run their cars to our doors. From a dozen to 20 men are kept busy loading and packing the 1~5 to 200 r^ 



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



dm warehouse packed full and a great factory it is a little wonder that Roots have gained a reputation for promptness in filling ^k%t4 



r m orders for the hundreds of things in their catalog. tjF 



^t PRINTING- DEPT. \ 



MM Two large cylinder presses; 3 platen presses; paper folder, trimming, cutting and stitching machines; skilled typeset- jw 



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



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



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



dk for our Christmas Gleanings alone. wW 



JJ BRANCHES AND AGENTS (T 



jfi 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. f'\ r 



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



± jt dollars, and the hours consumed to make and deliver his supplies? V 



/L OFFICE K 



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



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



dk iog machine, copying machine, vertical letter files, card indexes, etc. — everything to care for the half million dollars worth of jtf 



'W business we do yearly. We have every interest of the bee-keeper at heart. We are working for your good, for your prosperity I^T 



^ means ours. T 



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rf± Our Catalog for 1906 is ready. Write for a copy if you want it now. (f mr 



# THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, Medina, Ohio y 



