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Last Fall this Lawn was full of bare spots. The grass was spindly 

 and had all the looks of discouragement The soil was just plain 

 "played out." Its lack of humus made it hard and "bakey." 



In September Alphano Humus was put on freely and thoroughly raked in 

 and then seeded. This Spring the grass came thick and sturdy. All Sum- 

 mer long it has been noticeably so and continued a deep rich green through 

 the hot dry weather. Location and name of owner gladly furnished. 



Reasons Why Fall Is an Ideal Time for 

 Making New Lawns or Repairing Old 

 Ones When Alphano Humus Is Used 



OF FIRST importance — weather 

 conditions highly favor Fall grass 

 growth. The ground is warm 

 through and through, so the seeds sprout 

 quickly and grow rapidly. The hot, dry- 

 ing winds and burning suns of Summer 

 are over. The days are warm enough to 

 stimulate growth ; the nights, agreeably 

 cool, so top growth is checked just enough 

 to promote strong and hardy root growth. 

 After the middle of August, dews are 

 heavy and rains more frequent. As the 

 cold, frosty nights come, the stored-up 

 heat of the earth keeps the roots growing, 

 long after the tops are at a standstill. 



Fall-sown, or so-called "winter wheat," 

 is richer in gluten and life-giving nitrogen 

 than is Spring-sown. Richer, simply be- 

 cause Nature, in her wisdom, fortifies 

 the roots against the Winter; and the 

 stronger the roots, the greater the back- 

 bone or stamina is in the top growth. 



All this being so obviously so, then 

 any time from the middle of August on 

 till the first of October, is the ideal time 

 for repairing old lawns or making new 

 ones, provided only that your soil conditions 

 are right. 



By "right," we mean right in the es- 

 sential plant foods to induce rapid, un- 

 checked root-growth; and sufficiently rich 

 in humus to retain the necessary moisture 



and render the soil friable and open for 

 its rapid and constant aeration. It's 

 worse than folly to attempt lawn-making 

 in the Fall, if your soil is not as rich as 

 it should be. Roots that have to struggle 

 for a living at the start surely can not be 

 expected to endure the rigors of Winter 

 and have much vitality next Spring. 



To scatter barnyard manure over the 

 bare spots on your lawn now, would be 

 so unsightly and obnoxious, it's out of 

 the question. To mix lumps with the 

 soil of a newly prepared lawn, as 

 thoroughly as it should be, to be of the 

 necessary immediate assistance to the 

 roots, is neither an easy nor an inexpen- 

 sive task. Right here it is then, that 

 Alphano Humus in its granulated, odor- 

 less form, steps in as your ideal grass 

 food and permanent lawn soil-builder. 

 You can put it on your old lawn; or 

 spread it over your newly prepared soil 

 and rake it in. 



Not only will this Alphano Humus 



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$12 a ton in bags. $8 a ton by the carload in bulk. 

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



give to the roots the immediate foods 

 needed; but its bacterial action will yeast 

 up the soil for several seasons to come. 

 It will constantly liberate the locked up 

 elements in the soil. Absorbing as it 

 does 14 times more moisture than sand, 

 it acts as an internal mulch for the roots. 

 Alphano Humus is not a temporary soil 

 stimulant. It is a permanent soil builder. 



Just so you may know exactly what 

 this Alphano Humus is, and exactly what 

 it will do for you, as proven by what it 

 has done for others, send for our Con- 

 vincement Book. It tells the whole 

 Humus story in a boiled down way. "Be- 

 fore and after" effects are shown by 

 numerous illustrations. The personal ex- 

 pressions of users add further convince- 

 ment. Send for this Convincement Book. 

 Use Alphano Humus on your lawn this 

 Fall. Dig it around your shrubs and 

 Hardy Garden Plants. Start now build- 

 ing up your vegetable garden soil with 

 Humus, for next Spring. More Humus 

 means earlier and better crops. Do all 

 such soil enriching this Fall and be just 

 that much ahead with your Spring 

 work. 



The earliness and striking abundance 

 of the results next Spring will convert 

 you into an enthusiast of "gardening by 

 pre-arrangement," as the Japs call it. 



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