Problem?
A Ground Cover
on the best kept location. Some arc ever
there are places green, some flowering, and
:1 ? J s difficult or even some are creeping vines,
hie to grow grass The most popular of the
ots that will grow common evergreen ground
difficult to cut. covers are:
“trees on slopes and Vinca minor commonly
shrubs, ground cov- called Periwinkle, or Myr
morc practical than tie produces light blue
flowers at this time of the
are ground covers year and bright green shiny
11 grow m almost a°y leaves. It will stand shade
Us For Your Spring Needs
fertilizer
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L. H. BRUBAKER
Lancaster & Lilitz
Sn avely*s farm service smoketown nursery
New Holland
Phone EX 4-5019
The 32 available models come to you tilth
a ttide range of lifting capacities ranging
from 3 'A to 20 tons for your truck, pickup, or
trailer. The smooth, trouble free action of a
HARSH HOIST has a fast lifting tune of from
12 to 160 seconds, which allows more time
for actual hauling.
These hoists come to you at an average
cost of only 166 a day as compared to the
$lO- $l3 a day you now spend to manually
unload your truck.
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It’s easy to till around plant* and
obstructions with the new Springfield
Reversing Rotary Tiller.
The new reverse control is located
on the handlebar. It engages with an
easy hand squeeze. You’ll agree it’s
one of the greatest tilling aids ever
developed.
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ELIZABETHTOWN FARMERS SUPPLY
Elizabethtown
but prefers sunlight.
English Ivy is an at
tractive evergreen vine with
many different varitics. It is
adaptable to almost any de
gree of sunlight and will
stand full shade. It spreads
rapidly and will grow in
most any soil. However, do
not plant it on a southern
or western slope where the
soil dries and bakes in the
sun.
Pachysandra or Japanese
Spurge will stand partial
or almost total shade. It is
especially adapted to grow
ing around shrubs but sp
reads slowly. *lt does not
grow as well in full sun
hght.
Cotoneaster can often
he used as a ground cover
and is almost evergreen.
The atractive berries in the
*all and winter make this
■shrub one of the most de
sirable for many locations.
Be sure to buy a low-grow
ing prostrate variety for a
ground cover as many van
ties grow five to six feet
tall.
Euonymous or winter cre
eper has glossy green
leaves of various sizes ac
cording to variety. It suf
fers from scale but it is easy
to control with the new in
secticides.
Dwarf barberry (Berber
is) is good for sunny lo-
cations.
There are also many other
low-growing shrubs that are
suitable for ground covers.
Some of the flowering types
of perennials are excellent
in sunny locations as grou-
To design and build n liMit-weight. low
costing truck hoist su ' - all types of
farm use, priced within the courge farmer’s
budget was the aim of “Cud” Harsh when
HYDRAULICS UNLIMITED MEG. CO. began
operations. This hoist was built and is now
in use throughout the nation.
The HARSH HYDRAULIC HOIST averages
only $328.52 (including Federal excise tax)
and maintains a low taxable weight which
averages 273 lbs. These economical hoists
are built for either back or side dumping,
depending upon your need.
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breaking labor by unloading with a HARSH
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Kirkwood
Smokeiown
Phone ST 6-3630
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 23. 1960—13
Governor Proclaims Pennsylvania
Clean-Up Week April 24 - 30
Harrisburg Governor and waste. ‘ ''
David L. Lawrence has ask- “A concerted effort toward
ed Pennsylvanians to ob- the goal of cleaner, neater
serve State Clean-up Week farms and homes can do
which has been designated much to prevent tragedy
for the period of April j 24 from fire or accident and to
through 30 by the Pennsyl- promote a healthful environ
vania Rural Safety Council, ment for everyone.”
The Governor said, “The Rural Safety Council rec
advent of spring gives all of ords show that many farm
us the opportunity to restore and home fires arc caused by
our homes and farms to a sparks igniting accumulated
condition of neatness ,and ef- leaves, straw and other trash
fiency in the best tradition which has accumulated next
of the early settlers of our to buildings and fences dur-
State. ing winter.
“Now is the time to dis
pose of winter’s untidy by
products such as trash, litter
nd covers.
Moist spots can be cover
ed with plants slich as For
get-me-Not and Dwarf Phl
ox. By covering those bare
spots with ground covers,
you can complete your land
scape.
HIESTAND INC.
MARIETTA R.D. 1 Ph. HA 6-9301
CLARENCE RUTT
NEW HOLLAND Ph. EL 4-8797
Wilt
Also urged by the Rural
Safety Council, during State
Clean-up Week, is a check of
lire fighting equipment in the
home and farmstead. Fire ex
tinguishers should be check
ed, and refilled, water hoses
should be connected and put
to an operational test, and
access to fire fighting water
supplies should be cleared.
DEALERS
L. H. BRUBAKER
350 Slrasburg Pike Ph. Lane. EX7-5179
Lilitz R. D. 3
Sirasburg OV 7-600?.
MA 6-7766