The Rorists^ Review 



July 7, 1921 



At Last— It's Here 



It has taken a whole year of hard work to bring this soil shredder to the acme of 

 perfection. We knew that we had a sure-fire idea and we also appreciated the fact that 

 florists all over the country were waiting for the development of a machine that would 

 combine fertilizer with soil and prepare it ready for use in greenhouse beds and for gen- 

 eral greenhouse use. We knew all of this first hand, because we, as practical greenhouse 



operators, have felt, as you have, the urgent 

 necessity for a machine of that type. That is 

 why we spent one solid year of hard work de- 

 veloping the 



TiwSoMix 



SOIL SHREDDER 



Better 

 Results 



The hard work of pre- 

 paring the soil by hand 

 can now be entrusted to 

 THORO-MIX, which will 

 do the job much better, 

 quicker and more econom- 

 ically. In fact, it takes 

 the "'drudge" out of the 

 work of soil preparation. 



Takes to Any Soil 



Hard, lumpy soil and clay are handled by 

 THORO-MIX just as satisfactorily as loose loam. 

 This is an especially important factor for florists 

 to consider who are situated on unfavorable land. 

 THORO-MIX will transform your soil into a 

 mellow loam, thoroly fertilized with the desired 

 quantity of manure, as fast as two to four men 

 can feed it into the hopper, according to the con- 

 dition of the soil, at a saving of time, labor and 

 money. 



Throws Out 

 Stones 



An outstanding feature of the THORO-MIX 

 Soil Shredder is the manner in which it handles 

 stones. It is so constructed that danger of break- 

 age of the machine is practically eliminated. 

 The action of the drum and specially con- 

 structed teeth is such that they sep- 

 arate the stones from the soil and 

 throw them out of the rear of the 

 machine beyond the pile of soil. In this 

 way the prepared soil is kept free of 

 stones to a great degree. 



This is the beater, or drum. As the spiral, or conveyor, shown 

 at right, carries the soil and manure to it, it is shredded by com- 

 ing in contact with the beveled teeth and thrown out of the rear 

 of the machine in a THORO-MIXED pile. 



