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Glimpse on the grounds of Mrs. Peckham, at New Rochelle, N.Y., where Alphano Humus 
was used on the lawn and garden. The flowers were so superior that Mrs. Peckham last 
year won the Gardening Club’s first prize. 
This grass was grown in a sandy loam soil 
lacking in Humus 
Same soil — same grass — same season, three 
weeks after Alphano Humus had been 
spread on and raked in. 
If Humus Is Good for Everything 
that Grows then Alphano Humus 
Is Good for Every Growing Thing. Use It on Your Lawn. Dig 
It Around Your Shrubs. Garden with It from Start to Finish 
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ALPHANO Humus will give an immediate 
and long enduring fertility to your soil. 
It settles for all time, the annual spring 
bugaboo of where and how to get satisfactory 
soil enrichment. 
The fertility of any and all soils absolutely 
depends on the humus they contain. Put back 
sufficient humus in an exhausted, unproductive 
soil, and its fertility returns. 
Returns because the essential bacterial action 
is again started, and the locked-up plant foods 
are liberated. 
Humus is the very hotbed of the bacteria 
that “yeasts-up” and aerates the soil. 
Humus it also is that performs the offices of 
a sponge, retaining the moisture in the soil and 
liberating it gradually. 
Humus it is that, when mixed with light 
soils, makes them heavier; or if mixed with 
heavy soils, makes them 
lighter. In one it binds 
the soil together. In the 
other, it breaks down its 
too compact mass. 
It is apparent, then, 
that if Humus of itself 
contained no plant foods, 
it is still a highly valu- 
able soil element. Without it there can be no 
fertility. The ideal Humus would then seem to 
be one that is also rich in plant foods. 
Just such a Humus is Alphano Humus. 
So rich is it in plant foods, that various of 
the leading agricultural experiment stations 
have definitely valued its plant food content at 
from $10. to $12. a ton. 
From these figures, it is then obvious that 
when you pay $12. a ton for Alphano Humus, 
you are getting your money’s worth in plant 
food alone, in addition to the actual Ilumus it 
contains. 
At Alphano, N. J., we have this wonderful 
deposit of rich soil Humus, which w r e concen- 
trate, drive out the excessive moisture, add 
further enriching properties and then prepare 
it in a powdered form, all ready for easy mix- 
ing with the soil. 
It is not acid inert swamp muck. It is soil 
$12. a ton in bags. $8. a ton by the carload in bulk 
F. O. B. Alphano, N. J. 
Humus containing all the elements of fertility 
in active form. It is odorless. It is free from 
weed seeds. When mixed with the soil of your 
garden or spread on your lawn and raked in 
it gives a long enduring fertility. 
In a single season you can convert a practi- 
cally worthless soil into one of surprisingfertility. 
Its freedom from odor makes gardening with 
it an added pleasure. 
Its powdered form makes it possible to 
thoroughly incorporate it with the soil. 
It can be applied to your lawn at any time 
without being either obnoxious or unsightly. 
All of it can be raked in the soil — none need 
be raked off. 
Being so reasonable in price and so easy to 
apply, you feel free to use it without stinting. 
For further facts, figures and directions for 
its use, send for our Humus Book. 
In writing, kindly let us 
know the area of your garden 
or lawn and we will advise 
you how much Alphano Hu- 
mus you need. 
Get your order in as early 
as possible and get theHumus 
into your soil. The earlier 
the better, for early results. 
If you wish to systematize your business the Readers’ Sendee may be able to offer suggestions 
