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Hitioti (if a nearby lawn \v;is 

 taken tlie same 'lay. S'nil px- 

 ai tly tlio same as on tlie hirt.e 

 lawn above. No iiniiins was 

 nsed. TliP grass was totally 

 burned ont in spots. The 

 balan<-e was brown an<l sorry 

 cnoni^h lookin;:. 



For Quick, Lasting Results 



On Your Lawn 

 Use ALPHANO HUMUS 



Dig It Around Your Shrubs 

 Garden with It from Start to Finish 



II' v"i wiiiild have, willi least care 

 and expense, a lawn that will 

 Miual those marvelous green 

 swards of England — then use Al- 

 pnano Hamns ireely. Spread it on 

 the grass and rake it in the soil. 

 Use it as an occasional top dress- 

 ing throughout the season. Being 

 in powderid form, it can c|uickly 

 and easily he raked in the soil out 

 of sight. Being odorless, you can. 

 entirel\ without objection, use it at 

 any time anywhere on your 

 grcumds. Being free from weed 

 seeds, no such enemies are intro- 

 duced. Being nature's own soil 

 liuilder — no master how heavily 

 you spread it on. there is no danger 

 of its Inirning the grass. Absorb- 



ing as it does fi'.c limes its own 

 weight in water and 14 liiiics more 

 than will sand, it stores up mois- 

 ture in the soil and slowly liber- 

 ates it as needed. In addition, 

 then, to its flaiit-fiutd values and 

 soil-buildi>ig pro/'crlics. it acts as a 

 dry Zivalher protccliiDi. This Al- 

 phano Humus is the remains of 

 countless years of \egetahle and 

 animal life, found in ricli deposits 

 at .-Vlphano. X. J. It is practically 

 pure Humus. We concentrate it. 

 further increase its immediately 

 available plant-food value, and pul- 

 verize it ready for use. In this 

 ready for use form, its analysis 

 ec|uals both in plant-food values 

 and the properties of giving long 



enduring fertility to soils that of 

 the humus in the richest soils of 

 our western prairies or the famed 

 black alluvial soils of Russia. 



We have too booklets on this 

 Humus subject, either or both of 

 which you are welcome to. The 

 Humus Bool; tells of Humus in 

 general and Alphano Humus in 

 particular. The Com'ineement 

 Book is a collection of evidence 

 of vvliat .\lphano Humus has done 

 and. therefore, wdiat it will do. If 

 desired, our soil experts will ana- 

 lyze your soil for you and make 

 suggestions for its handliui;. 



THIS SERVICE IS WITHOUT 

 COST TO OUR CUSTOMERS 



$12 a ton in bags 

 $8 by the ton in bulk 



F. O. B. Alphano, N. J. 



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