1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



411 



THE FAULTLESS SPRAYER 



The Faultless Sprayer with Galvanized Iron Tank. 60 c. 

 All Brass Faultless Sprayers. 85 Cents. 

 By Mail. 25 Cents Each Extra. 



Few little inventions make the stir and do the amount of good that the little tin spray-pumps did that were 

 introduced in 18KS. Although we have a machine for spraying potatoes, that cost 125.00, we let it stand in the 

 tool-house, and sprayed a great many acres of potatoes with a little spray-pump similar to the one pictured 

 here. It did the work easier and cheaper and better. A boy with some packages of Paris green (a large spoon- 

 ful in each paper) in his pocket, and in his hand a spray-pump weighing only about a pound, will do the whole 

 job in a very little time ; in fact, one boy takes his hoe along and does the hoeing and spraying both, without 

 any machine to lug back and forth, nor any chance of said machine getting out of order. As soon as we began 

 to offer them for sale others seemed to discover their advantages ; and although we ordered pumps from the 

 factory at several different times, we were sold out in spite of us when we wanted them most. We sold over 

 1700 during 1899. 



We now have a tremendously big stock of the latest improved ones, and the price is even lower. These 

 pumps are so perfect that the spray looks like steam out of the nose of a teakettle ; in fact, you can fill the air 

 in a room with vapor with one of these machines. The price of the new improved machines with galvanized 

 iron tank is only 60 cts. You can have the same thing made all of brass for only 25 cents more. Either kind 

 can be mailed for 25 cts. additional. Now do not say you can not afford a sprayer to keep the potato-bugs out 

 of sight, for the great advantage of this little apparatus is that it is so little work to use it you can kill the bugs 

 when they first start, and keep them down before your potatoes are iujured at all. Thousands of people lost 

 their potatoes last season just because it was too much work to fight the bugs. 



With every machine is a stout linen tag, with full directions how to use the spraj-er for all kinds of insects. 

 Yes, this machine will answer for fruit-trees all right, but you would have to get up on a high stool, or climb a 

 ladder, to get the spray all over a tree of any size. For spraying orchards a larger and more expensive machine 

 is needed. For keeping flies off horses and cattle use pure kerosene in the above sprayer. 



CLIMAX POULTRY-NETTING AND SHEEP AND HOG-FENCING. 



The demand for fence netting, or fabric made from 

 wire, for the purpose of restraining domestic animals 

 and fowls, has grown to vast proportions, and, like 

 every thing else, the mode of manufacturing the same 

 has undergone important changes. It is a fact that 

 frequently ordinary steel wire is heated in the process 

 of manufacture, and, when finished, is soft, and pos- 

 sesses a low degree of tensile strength and elasticity. 

 Although wire of this kind is more easih' manipulated 

 in manufacturing, it is also true that the netting is 

 more easily bent out of shape. All wire used in the 

 "Climax" netting is manufactured by a patent pro- 

 cess described as " cold drawn." .steel wire. By this 

 process the wire is not heated to a point that will de- 

 tract in the least from the tensile strength, and, when 

 woven, forms a fabric capable of withstanding a much 

 greater strain than other brands of netting made from 

 No. 19 wire or heavier. " Climax " poultry-netting 

 therefore possesses an exclusive advantage, in point 

 of the superiority of its wire, over all others. 



Another notable feature of the "Climax " netting is 

 the lo)ig livist in the ineshes. With a long twist the 

 wires are laid side by side for a greater distance, 

 thereby making it much more rigid and .strong. The 

 meshes are uniform, and three-strand selvages con- 

 tribute to the strength where usually required most. 



" Climax " Poultry- Netting. 



Because the selvages are perfectly uniform in length 

 and also equal in body, "Climax" poultry-netting will 

 roll out flat and straight, and smooth as a carpet or 

 oil-cloth. For this reason it can easily be fastened to 

 posts without hard stretching. It will, when put on, 

 remain flat and straight, and therefore be free from 

 unsightly appearance that inarks a netting that bulges 

 in the fabric. 



PRICE OF 2-INCH MESH "CLIMAX" POtTLTRY-NETTING. 



12 inches wide, per roll of 150 running feet, $ 90 



.Staples for the above, % and i inch, 8c per lb. 



I 80 



3 60 



4 50 



,5 40 



Five per cent off on 5 rolls; 10 per cent off on 10 rolls 

 or more. Prices F. O. B. cars Medina, New York, or 

 Chicago, whichever point is nearest or most conve- 

 nient to you. 



I5O-FOOT BALE OF "climax" NETTING READY FOR 

 SHIPMENT. 



" Climax " Sheep and Hog Fencing. 



THREE-STR.\ND TWISTED SELVAGES. SOLD ONLY IN 

 FULL BALES, 20 RODS (33O FEET) LONG. 



The " Climax " meets the demand for a strong and 

 durable fencing for sheep and hogs. Each strand of 

 wire is capable of sustaining a strain of at least 300 

 pounds, thus being amply strong for any ordinary re- 

 quirements. The meshes are small enough (3x4 in. 

 instead of 3x6 in. formerly ). to stop small animals, 

 while the shape of the mesh aft'ords sufficient rigidity 

 to the fabric to prevent sagging between the posts; 

 also animals can not bend the fencing to crawl under. 

 Being galvanized after weaving, the coating will with- 

 stand the action of the atmosphere for at least 25 

 years. In addition, the wires are soldered where 

 twisted, which unites them and combines the strength 

 of all. It is the best material ever offered for the pur- 

 pose at as low a price. 

 23 inches (y'^ meshes) wide, per roll 20 rods, $ 6.00 

 50 inches (16 meshes) wide, per roll 20 rods, 11.25 

 F. O. B. cars Chicago or New York. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio. 



