APRIL 1, 1916 



BEES 



Bees are a money mak- 

 ing asset on any farm, 

 blinding annually a far 

 greater return to your 

 table and at 1 he market 

 than they cost in care 

 and expense. Do .\ou 

 know the twentieth 

 rentur\' methods? Buv 

 PRODUCTIVE BEE- 

 KEEPING, learn how 

 to make a beginning 

 and h-o w to see it 

 through. It gives the 

 methods found to 

 be the best money- 

 makers by extensive 

 honey producers. The 

 illustrations give in pictorial form all that is 

 needed to explain the text. 



135 illustrations. 316 pages. Octavo. Hand- 

 some cloth. $1.50 net. Postage or expressage 

 extra. 



Clubbed with "Glean- 

 itiKS in Bee Culture" 



12.10 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



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STATKMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, 



CIRCULATION, ETC., OF GLEANINGS IN BEE 



CULTURE, PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY AT 



MEDINA, OHIO, REQUIRED BY THE 



ACT. OF AUGUST 24, 1912. 



Editor, E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio; Managing Ed- 

 itor, H. H. Root, Medina, Ohio; Business Manager, 

 J. T. Calvert, Medina, Ohio; Publisher, The A. I. 

 Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



Owners: The A. I. Root Co. Stockholders hold- 

 ing 1 per cent or more stock as follows: 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio; E. R. Root, Medina, 

 Ohio; H. H. Root, Medina, Ohio; A. L. Bovden, 

 Medina, Ohio; L. W. Boyden, Medina, Ohio; J. T. 

 Calvert, Medina, Ohio; Frank Spellman, Medina, 

 Ohio; H. E. Aylard, Gdn., Medina, Ohio; A. A. 

 Bostwick, Seville, Ohio. 



There are no bondholders, mortgagees, and other 

 security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total 

 amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities. 



(Signed) -J. T. Calvert, Business Manager. 



Sworn to and .subscribed before me this 23d day 

 of March, 1916. 



(Signed) Frank Stellman, 



[Seal] Notary Public. 



(My commission expires Feb. 17, 1917.) 



ON THE BOOKSHELF 



Now that so many beekeepers own auto- 

 mobiles, and SO large a proportion of the 

 automobiles have electric starting and light- 

 ing sj^stems, we should like to call attention 

 to a new book by Victor W. Page, "Start- 

 ting, Lighting, and Ignition Systems. ' ' All 

 automobiles and trucks use electrical igni- 

 tion, in fact; and since this book gives a 

 very comprehensive review of all the igni- 

 tion systems in common use it is a valuable 

 addition to the automobilist 's library. Like 

 "The Model T Ford Car," by the same 

 author, it is i>rofusely illustrated with sjie- 

 cially made drawings and halftone engrav- 

 ings. The book may be obtained from The 

 Norman W. Henley Pub. Co., New York. 

 Price $1.50. 



BANKING BY MAIL I 



AT 4% 



Saving 

 Safety 



These two words should be 

 inseparable in the mind of 

 every person who wants to 

 win success and prosperity. 



SAVING money is the first 

 step; the next is to put that 

 money where it will be in 

 absolute SAFETY. 



Ample Capital and Surplus, ca- 

 pable management, strict state 

 supervi.sion, enable this bank to 

 afford the highest degree of pro- 

 tection for the fiinds of its de- 

 positors. 



We pay 4 per cent on savings, 

 and deposits may be safely sent 

 by mail in the form of draft, 

 check, or registered letters. 



We invite your patronage. 



tTeSAVINGS 

 DEPOSIT BANKG? 





MEDINA, OHIO 



A.T. SPITZER.Pres. 



E.R. ROOT, Vice-Pres. 

 , E.B. SPITZER, Cashier, 



I 



ASSEtSlOiVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS 



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A KIND WORD AND SOMETHINQ MOEE. 



Mr. A. I. Root: — I feel very well acquainted with 

 you, altho I have never seen you. I appreciate the 

 great work you have done, and are doing in helping 

 to lead the people upward into the " safe and sane " 

 atmosphere you enjoy so inucli. There are so many 

 evils that you can barely do .iustice to all of them ; 

 but I wish you would give a little attention to those 

 " farm " and " home " newspapers that prate so 

 much about their moral influence, and the " eleva- 

 tion " of the farmer and his familj, while selling 

 their space for the advertisement of tobacco and 

 cigarette tobacco. I assure you I always feel in- 

 sulted by those advertisements when I open up a 

 paper that comes into our home pleading " moral 

 influence." 



Mantua, C, Feb. 26. D. B. Husted. 



