1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



909 



IMPKOVEMENTS. 



We have just completed over twenty-five thousand 

 square feet of metal looting: over a section of our lum- 

 ber-yard to piotect diy lumber from the weather, and 

 insure a sufficient supply to work on without opening- 

 any piles where the exposed ends of boards have been 

 wet with snow or rain. We do not use a kiln for drying- 

 lumber, greatly preferring air-dried stock. We expect 

 to eliminate all further trouble from shrinking of ma- 

 terial after it is worked. Portions of the track are also 

 covered, so that cars may be loaded and unloaded while 

 the weather is bad. 



GOOD SECOND-HAND CAN.S. 



We have on hand upward of three hundred bo.xcs of 

 second-hand 60-lb. cans, two in a case, in excellent con- 

 dition. Most of them have been used but once, and are 

 bright, inside and out. We offer them in ten-bo.x lots at 

 45 cts. a box; 2.5 boxes or more at 40 cts. a box. We can 

 ship also from Hollidays Cove, W. Va.. where we have a 

 part of the stock. We have also some more cans, not 

 in quite as good condition, but which would be good 

 enough for low-grade honey. We offer these in ten-box 

 lots or over at 30 cts. a box. To distinguish from the 

 others, order these as third-class cans. 



A B C OF BEE CULTURE. 



Our stock of the old edition of the A B C is exhausted, 

 and the new edition will not be completed till December 

 at the earliest. We should like to hear from dealers and 

 others having extra copies of the old edition which they 

 would like to dispose of. We shall need a good many 

 copies to supply the demand for orders that do not want 

 to wait for the new edition. Do not send the e.xtra 

 copies you may have to spare, but write us, telling us 

 how many, and whether of the last edition, and unused. 

 If we can use them we will give shipping instructions. 



BUSHEL BOXES. 



The season is at hand when bushel 

 boxes are needed for handling pota- 

 toes and other farm crops. The ac- 

 companying cut showsour all slatted 

 box which has been used for years, 

 and is a most popular box. It is IH 

 inches long by 13^ wide and 125/ 

 'deep, inside measure, holding a heap- 

 ed bushel when level full. One box 

 may be nested inside of two when 

 empty, so they can be handled in bunches of three. 

 As packed, there are 14 in a bunch — 2 nailed up and 

 the other 12 in flat, with nails included. We usually 

 make them with oak corner-posts ; and, so made, the 

 price is 81.90 per crate of 14. We have quite a stock on 

 hand, packed ready for shipment, of allbasswood 

 slats, no oak corners. We offer these, to close them 

 out, at 81.75 per crate; ten-crate lots, 5 per cent dis- 

 count. 



AIKEN HONEV-BAGS. 



We did not include these hags in our catalog this 

 year because we wanted to see them moie generally 

 tested in different sections of the country, and proven 

 a satisfactory package everywhere before doing so. 

 We are prepared to supply Ihem, and have arranged 

 for a 1-lb. size in addition to the four other sizes sold 

 heretofore. We are now supplied with all sizes. 



1-LB. SIZE, ^]4x5%. 



$ .65 I 1000 S5 50 



3.00 I 5000® 5.25 



5-LB. SIZE, 7x10. 



100 $ 1.20 



500 .5..50 



1000 10 50 



5000® 10 (» 



100 



500 



2- LB. SIZE, SxlYi. 



100 8 .80 



500 3 75 



1000 7 00 



5C00@ 6.tK) 



3^<;-lb. SIZE, (ix9;^. b U' S.Z-. IO^hV». 



100 11.00 1 100 i 1 .iO 



50(1 4.75 I 500 :.liO 



1000 875 1(00 1351 



5000 @ 8.25 I 5000® 13 00 



We will print in name and address of prodncir .t 

 dealer, in Different quantities, at the following sihci!- 

 ule of prices for any size: 



I.o's of lOfl 30 cts 



Lotsof 250 .50 ci- 



Lotsof .'•||i0 75ci>^ 



Lots of 1000 $l.tK'. 



For each additional 1000, add 50 cents. Each cha* ce 

 of nan^e and address counts as a separate order. I'lr 

 in.stance 1000 ha.s;s printed with four different nants 

 and addres-es, i'.iO of each, would be |2.00; with 1« n 

 different names S3. 00 etc. As the bags must be prun- 

 ed before ihev are made up and coated, we can in.t 

 change the label except in lots of 10 000 or over We 

 have some plain 2-lh. size of dark drab paper which 

 we can fiirnish plain at $2 00 per lOf^O less than pri e^ 

 quoted above, or we can print a smaller special l;.bi 1 

 in one color at above rat s extra for printinsi. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



spark's EARLIANA TOMATO. 



The above tomato gives i-ipe fruit earlier than ary 

 other variety — in fact, sooner, I believe, than we ever 

 had ripe tomatoes before from the time of sowin,g of the 

 seed, and 1 am glad to be able to add that it is one of the 

 handsomest and smoothest tomatoes for one so eai'ly. 

 It is also exceedingly prolific. A dozen plants are giv- 

 ing us more tomatoes than we can use, and quite a lot 

 for the neighbors. The seed came from E. C. Gre.^n 

 & Son, Medina, Ohio. 



THE CULTIVATION OF MUSHROOMS. 



Farmers' Bulletin No. 204, of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, should be sent for by every one interested in 

 growing mushrooms. It is quite up to date, and give? 

 all the tricks and secrets known in the business. It 

 tells just why so many fail and only a few succeed. 

 From what experience I have had, I am sure that, with 

 the help of this bulletin, any one who takes the pahis 

 can grow mushrooms, either for the market or for pri- 

 vate use. Aside from its value to the mushroom-grower, 

 it is interesting from a scientific point of view; in fact, 

 I shall always look at the mushroom with more interest, 

 and with a diffei-ent interest, than I have ever had be- 

 fore since reading the bulletin. There are 24 pages and 

 10 illustrations. 



OUR COUNTRY ROADS ; WHO FURNISHES THE LAND 

 AND KEEPS THEM IN REPAIR? 



On page 846 friend Terry says, " We farmers furnish 

 the land, and keep up our roads." I am not prepared to 

 di.=,pute this. It may be true. If it is true. I think it is 

 high time that the rest of the world who are not farmers, 

 but who use the roads, should help bear this burden. 

 Nay, more : Our separate counties. States, or perhaps 

 the whole United States, should payback to the farmers 

 the price of the land and labor they have already given. 

 This matter has already been touched on by some of our 

 agricultural periodicals ; and one paper of pretty good 

 authority said the farmers had a right to demand pay 

 for every telephone-pole set along the highway in front 

 of their farms. The whole world is just now pushing 

 ahead mightily for better roads ; and I think the ownei s 

 of automobiles should have a large share of the prai.se. 

 But we want the.se beautiful new roads, that are com- 

 ing, on a safe and .solid foundation financially as well as 

 mechanically. 



^ 1*9 RUB SER STAMPS. »{» ^ 



stamp your name and address on your letters. 

 You will .save yourself, as well as others, lots of 

 trouble. A. two-line stamp costs but 25c. Many 

 styles and prices given in our rubber-stamp cat 

 alog. Send for it to day. ^A stamp is neater 

 than a label on sections, etc. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY. Medina. Ohio. 



