" 2 ~ "• “7 2T~*»- ' i Farming, Saturday,l October 25,1959 f, ROBERT HUMMER and his sister Mrs. Nancy Waltz, check the current potato crop being harvested. Beside their 55 acres of potatoes they have 35 acres seeded to lawn turf on their Manheim R 1 home place. L. F. Photo CRIB FILLER Real Winners Silage or Grain C/F 105 C/F 66 C/F 40 —C/F 123 For complete details on the profit potential from See your local Crib Filler dealer below FARMERS SUPPLY CO. ZIMMERMAN’S ANIMAL Lancaster HEALTH SUPPLIES R D., Lititz MUSSER'S MILL The Buck. LANCASTER BONE FERT CO. Ouan v\ille KIRKWOOD FEED & GRAIN Kirkwood ANDERSON FEED & GRAIN 31 D , Oxford fl, H. GOOD MILL Fivepoint\ille DISTRIBUTED BY STANFORD SEED COMPANY Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 19462 £ - 1970 * * Crib Filler F. M. BROWN’S SONS, INC Sinking Spring BOMBERGER’S STORE GERMAN FEED MILL Denver MARTIN FEED MILL Enhrata WEAVER FIX-IT SHOP R D.. New Holland E. H. KEEN & SON Atglen j: „ 4*• Local Elm (Continued from Page 1)- with tie best end product a product that can*be labeled “Cer- tified Turf Grass.” “This gives the consumer the assurance he is getting what he pays for,” Hs*»«er said. To harvest the turf. Bob uses a small garden tractor type cutt ing machine that cuts strips of turf about one-half inch thick, 15 inches wide and five feet long. On a large order these strips are folded in half and laid on pallets and the pallets of grass are mechanically lifted on the truck for shipment. For a small order like Bob had Tuesday afternoon the pieces are rolled and placed b\ hand on a farm truck. soil that is removed, a good field people have leisure time' and still really will not need lop soil companies are expanding, con- Humraer admits that a email re p} acer i m ore than every five struction, there will be a need slice' of top soil is taken off each knobs we plan for this product.” time a crop of turf is harvested - eais - J 3lll 011 hnuos "*• yidU but at doesn’t worry him, and he to fill some even this first year The Hummer’s also raise 55 plans to reseed the ground just of harvest before we reseed acres of potatoes and were busy harvested to turf grass again. aga - n; ” g o b sa id. this week digging and grading “Top soil is so easy to replace,” ° ’ the spuds. They reported yields he said. Constructs n sites like What kind of prospects does of over 70 bushels per acre and the Park City development have the turf business have for Hum- the size to be larger than last huge amounts of extra top soil raer in the future? “I think the year. We’/just havl topsoil tracked market outletfor pre ° rown lawn Their turf and potato farm is here and leveled off with a bull- sod is as g°°d as nation’s located just south of Sporting dozer. With the small amount of economy,” Bob said. “As long as Hill. ' >Cw>% i <S+ t! % .k~X'. ROLLING STRIPS OP TURF GRASS, are Glenn Nolt (left) and Steve Snavely. The turf has been cut into five foot strips k m: m Hk m m. iik-m, m,. ’i k Ilk, m llllk m sBk ’BBI i ONE PO OF PORK ON ONLY 2.9 L FEED ...with FUi Gro-Pork Talk about fast gains ... on less feed per pound of pork! Let us tell you how hogs fed Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pork 45 and ground corn—lo weeks to market —can produce a lb. of gain on only 2.9 lbs. feed. Extra feeding efficiency—extra pork from each ton of feed —can make a big difference in your Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. S. H. Hiestand & Company Leola Salunga Harold H. Good 3 •A?*** $ Terre Hill A TURF CUTTING MACHINE ' ; ' - :';"t;.. v'- ' ; t ,';' -..:; ' r "’■''/ l 'zfm '■■sS* yjCi ' :i,c: £'>f. and will be loaded-for shipment net returns. Get the extra efficiency of Fu',-0- Pep Gro-Pork 45—for top feed conversion at low cost. Come in. Check the record on Ful-O-Pep Qro- Pork 45. It could be the most profitable 10 minutes you've spent this year! And we’ll be happy to visit with you. Stevens Feed Mill, line. L. F. Photo Stevens
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