June 27, 1907 



American "Rec Jioarnall 



Trade Notes 

 The A. I. Root Company, Medina, Ohio 



Does It Pay a Planing Mill Man to Make His Own Hives? 



An unsolicited statement of the matter from an Illinois bee-keeper: 



ELIAS BAMBERGER 



Manufacturer of 



s^sK, iDOOPLS, BLinsriDS 



Contractors' and Builders' Supplies 



Including All Kinds of Window Glass 



Cor. Exchange and Adams Sts. 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION 



Freeport, 111., June 11, 1907. 



The A. I. Root Co. , 



Medina, 0. *: 



Gentlemen: ^ ^ 



I received five of your AE52S-10 hives yesterday and 

 find that I cannot make my own hives and supplies as cheap 

 as yours and use the same quality of lumber. You can see 

 by the head of this letter that if anyone can make hives 

 cheaper than your prices or any of the so-called "trust 

 hive" manufacturers, I ought to be able to do it, 

 the same quality of lumber I cannot. 



Yours very truly, 



(Signed) John H. Bamberger. 



rry^. v,„„» i <= a rpfirpsentati ve letter from the many we have to the effect that our hives and other supplies can be 



^ pu'^chtsed cLarertTan a \;cafm'u ca"poss them. Our enormous output enables us to reduce the cost to 



the minimum without sacrificing quality. 



but using 



Write Nearest Branch or Agent for Catalog. 



•Wetnmpka. 



Alabama 



J. M. Jeukios 



Canada 



Toronto E. Grainger & Co. 



Calltornia 



•Vresno Madary Planing Mill 



•Lof ingeles California National 



Honey-Producers' Association 



Colorado 



n-nver The L. A. Watkins Mdse. Co. 



jif^i,^ Frnita bruit and Produce Ass'n 



District ot Columbia 



Washington The A. I. Root Co. 



«ieorgia , „ , 



Savannah ^■..- . ^"^'"■" * ^""^^ 



124 Liberty St. 



Illinois 



Ciicairo The A. I. Root Co. 



*-""^° 144 East Erie Street. 

 Indiana 



T«^i,n,nnHR Walter S. Ponder 



^"vtnsvine".:. Vickery Bros. 



Iowa 



Des Moines Joseph Nysewander 



Kansas 



Angnsta Carl F. Buck 



* These dealers buy 



mississippi 



Brazelia George A. Hummer 



Massachnsetts 



Boston H. H. Jepson. 182 Friend Street 



Lyonsville W. W. Cary & Son 



Maine 

 Mechanic Falls The A. I. Root Co . 



Maryland 

 Baltimore Rawlins Implement Co. 



Michigan 



Bell Branch M.H. Hunt & Son 



Fremont George E. Hilton 



Minnesota 



St. Paul The A. I. Root Co. 



1024 Mississippi Street. 

 Missouri 



High Hill Jno. Nebel & Son Supply Co. 



Springfield Springfield Seed Co. 



St. Louis Blanke & Hauk 



I*ew Mexico 

 Carlsbad Edward Scoggin 



^c-w York 



Syracuse The A. I. Root Co. 



New York City The A. 



44 Vesey Street. 



Ohio 



. I. Root Co. 



Columbus Grove McAdams Seed Co. 



Toledo Griggs Bros., 521 Monroe St. 



ZanesviUe E. W. Pierce 



Cincinnati C. H. W. Weber 



2146 Central Avenue 



Oregon 



Portland Portland Seed Co. 



I> ^nnsylvania 



Dn Bois Prothero & Arnold 



Philadelphia The A. I. Root Co. 



10 Vine Street 



WiUiamsport E. E. Pressler 



633 Lycoming Street 



Xexas 



Dallas Texas Seed and Floral Co. 



San Antonio Udo Toepperwein 



Uvalde D. M. Edwards 



Utah 



Ogden The Superior Honey Co. 



Virginia 



Spottswood W. E. Tribbett 



or goods in carload lots but supplement them with local-made goods. 



THE A, L ROOT CO,, Medina, Ohio 



