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TRADE NOTES 



CATALOG FOR 1916. 



We have completed printing the first run of our 

 1916 catalog, and will mail a copy to any one on 

 request. It will be several weeks before we reach 

 all the names on our list, so that, if you would like 

 to get one before we reach you in the regular list, 

 send a request on a postal, and it will be promptly 

 mailed. 



BEESWAX MARKET. 



While there has been no noticeable change in the 

 beeswax market of late, we will from this date, till 

 further notice, pay 28 cents cash, 30 in trade, de- 

 livered at Medina, for good average wax. Price 

 paid at our California branches will be 2 cents a 

 pound less. 



SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



Those having a surplus stock of white-sweet-clover 

 seed, hulled or unhulled, which they desire to sell 

 are asked to submit a sample, stating quantity, and 

 the price asked. While there has been a good crop 

 of seed, a gi'eat deal is still in the hands of produc- 

 ers because the market price has been much lower 

 than for several years past. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION MILLS. 



We have to offer the following list of foundation 

 machines which have been used but are in fair con- 

 dition. In many cases they will answer as well as 

 a new machine where you have only a moderate 

 output. Send for samples of any mill in the list 

 which may interest you. 



No. 0147, 2^/^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0153, 21/^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0156, 21/^x6 hexagonal extra thin-super mill 

 in fair condition. Price $10.00. 



No. 165, 21/^x6 hexagonal extra thin-super mill 

 in fair condition. Price $10.00. 



No. 0183, 2%x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0214, 2V2 X 10 hexagonal light medium-brood 

 mill in poor condition; rolls quite badly pitted; will 

 make fair foundation. Price $13.00. 



No. 0222, 2%x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 extra good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0225, 2% xl2 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in excellent condition ; nearly new. Price $25.00. 



No. 0226, 2V^xlO hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in fair condition; a few bruised cells. Price $18.00. 



No. 0227, 21/^ x 10 hexagonal medium-brood mill; 

 a new machine which does not test up to our pres- 

 ent high standard, but a oargain at $30.00. 



No. 0228, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in good condition. Price $22.00. 



No. 0230, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in fair condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 231, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in fairly good conditon. Price $20.00. 



No. 0232, 2% x 10 hexagonal medium-brood mill; 

 not very good cells; somewhat bruised. Price $15. 



No. 0233, 2% X 10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in poor condition; cells bruised. Price $14.00. 



No. 0234, 21/^x6 extra-thin-super mill in very 

 good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0235, 21/^ xlO hexagonal light-brood mill in 

 good condition. Price $22.00. 



No. 0236, 2 1/4 X 6 extra-thin-super mill in good 

 condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0237, 21/^x6 thin-super mill in fair condi- 

 tion. Price $10.00. 



No. 0238, 2^/^x6 thin-super mill in fair condi- 

 tion. Price $10.00. 



No. 0239, 2^/^ X 10 medium-brood mill, hexagonal 

 cell, in fair condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0240, 21/^ X 10 medium-brood mill, hexagonal 

 cell in fair condition. Price $17.00. 



No. 0241, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in fair condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0242, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in good condition. Price $20.00. 



No. 0243, 2%xl0 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in good condition. Price $20.00. 



No. 0244, 2x10 round-cell medium-brood mill in 

 good condition. Price $14.00. 



The a. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



This Washer 

 Must Pay for 



Itself 



A MAN tried to sell me a horse once. He said it 

 was a fine horse and had nothing the matter 

 with it. I wanted a fine horse. But I didn't 

 know anything about horses 

 much. And I didn't know 

 the man very well either. 



So I told him I wanted 

 to try the horse for a 

 month. He said, "All right, 

 but pay me first, and I'll 

 give you back your money 

 if the horse isn't all right." 



Well, I didn't like that. 

 I was afraid the horse 

 wasn't "all right," and that 

 I might have to whistle for 

 my money if I once parted 

 with it. So I didn't buy 

 the horse, although I want- 

 ed it badly. Now this set 

 me thinking. 



You see I make Wash- 

 ing Machines — the " 1900 

 Gravity" Washer. 



And I said to myself, 

 lots of people may think 

 about my Washing Ma- 

 chine as I thought about 

 the horse, and about the 

 man who owned it. 



But I'll never know, because they wouldn't write 

 and tell me. You see I sell my Washing Machines 

 by mail. I have sold over half a million that way. 



So, thought I, it is only fair enough to let people 

 try my Washing Machines for a month, before they 

 pay for them, just as I wanted to try the horse. 



Now, I know what our " 1900 Gravity " Washer 

 will do. I know it will wash the clothes, without 

 wearing or tearing them, in less than half the time 

 they can be washed by hand or by any other ma- 

 chine. 



I know it will wash a tubful of very dirty clothes 

 in Six Minutes. I know no other machine ever in- 

 vented can do that, without wearing out the clothes. 



Our "1900 Gravity " Washer does the work so 

 easy that a child can run it almost as well as a 

 strong woman, and it doesn't wear the clothes, fray 

 the edges nor break buttons the way all other ma- 

 chines do. 



It just drives soapy water clear thru the fibers of 

 the clothes like a force pump might. 



So, said I to myself, I will do with my " 1900 

 Gravity " Washer what I wanted the man to do with 

 the horse. Only I won't wait for people to ask me. 

 I'll offer first, and I'll make good the offer every 

 time. 



Let me send you a " 1900 Gravity " Washer on 

 a month's free trial. I'll pay the freight out of my 

 own pocket, and if you don't want the machine after 

 you've used it a month, I'll take it back, and pay 

 the freight too. Surely that is fair enough, isn't it ? 



Doesn't it prove that the "1900 Gravity" Washer 

 must be all that I say it is? 



And you can pay me out of what it saves for you. 

 It will save its whole cost in a few months, in wear 

 and tear on the clothes alone. And then it will 

 save 50 cents to 75 cents a week over that in wash- 

 woman's wages. If you keep the machine after the 

 month's trial, I'll let you pay for it out of what it 

 saves you. If it saves you 60 cents a week, send 

 me 50 cents a week till paid for. I'll take that 

 cheerfully, and I'll wait for my money until the 

 machine itself earns the balance. 



Drop me a line today, and let me send you a 

 book about the "1900 Gravity" Washer that washes 

 clothes in six minutes. 



Address me this way — H. L. Barker, 1620 Court 

 St., Binghamton, N. Y. If you live in Canada, 

 address 1900 Washer Co., 357 Yonge St., Toronto, 

 Ont. 



