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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
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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.
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ROLLING STRIPS OP TURF GRASS,
are Glenn Nolt (left) and Steve Snavely.
The turf has been cut into five foot strips
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L. F. Photo
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