THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Jan. 4,i«6 



3 A Complete Establishment \ 



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



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



~7[t main Departments of our business. Read them over and then we are sure you will understand when we say EVERYTHING *mJ 



rm> for the bee-keeper, we mean it. 1/^ 



JJ WOOD-WORKING DEPT. 



SI This department occupies the 3 tloors of the main building of the factory. It is equipped from top to bottom with the M 



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



X 6heds covering acres of ground protect the lumber piles so that shrinkage is reduced to almost nothing. This accounts for T "" 



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



Ml nished by a great, 400 horse-power engine, and a 100 horse-power dynamo. y^ 



\ WAX-WORKING DEPT. fr 



wV We are leaders in buying was and selling the famous Weed Process Foundation. Our Wax Department is furnished \ 



m^l with tanks for refining, machines for sheeting, all sizes of mills, automatic papering machines, etc. Over 150,000 pounds of 1* 



r m> foundation is made, boxed and shipped all over the world every year. ]/~ 



JJ 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- ^km 



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



2j MACHINE SHOP \ 



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



rWf ' much machinery for other factories. Powerful iron presses, iron cutting and drilling machines are in evidence everywhere. M— 



±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. §Mf 



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



^ft SHIPPING DEPT. ly 



r & >r/ w0 ra ii r oads run their cars to our doors. From a dozen to 20 men are kept busy loading and packing the 1~5 to 200 Uw 



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



^5^ 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. W# 



\ PRINTING DEPT. r* 



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



mm 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 Ifi^ 



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



■^if for our Christmas Gleanings alone. M^ 



'L BRANCHES AND AGENTS jfr 



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



jfj our goods at your door at factory prices, with freight charges and time taken in shipment reduced to the lowest possible point. M\j 



mm. 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 



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



W OFFICE ^ 



MM. The office is the brain of the factory. Here are the executive, editoriai, advertising and book-keeping heads. Here the wW 



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



^ ing machine, copying machine, vertical letter file6, card indexes, etc.— everything to care for the half million dollars worth of V 



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



M—. means ours. ]JL 



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



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Fm. Our Catalog for 1906 is ready. Write for a copy if you want it now. £m~ 



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



