Millburn Spots

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Water and a water reserve is a must for all sorts of plant life.

And Milburn sphagnum peat moss gives your flower garden and lawn, shrubs and trees the constant water supply they all need.

Milburn sphagnum peat moss holds from 15 to 20 times its own weight in water.

Top dressing your old lawn or preparing your new lawn at this time of the year with Milburn peat moss means a rich carpet -like texture later on.

All plant life takes its nourishment in liquid form and Milburn sphagnum peat moss assures your grass, shrubs and flowers an adequate supply of water because it absorbs and holds the water they need.

Use Milburn sphagnum peat moss in all your planting and use it right now.

Get Milburn sphagnum peat moss in the green and white bag.

Milburn sphagnum peat moss.

Fall is the time of year to use peat moss and by all means use Milburn sphagnum peat moss.

Used as a protective mulch in the fall to cover roses and delicate plants, it mixes readily with the soil in the spring, acting in sandy soil as a binder and in heavy clay soil that helps normal drainage.

Everything that grows will grow better if you mulch with Milburn sphagnum peat moss.

A cover of Milburn peat moss will protect your delicate plants from winter kill.

Milburn sphagnum peat moss is recognized and accepted by successful gardeners as the very best.

When you buy Milburn peat moss you get a sphagnum peat moss that is free of hard lumps, easy and ready to use right from the bag.

Get Milburn sphagnum peat moss in the green and white bag.

Milburn sphagnum peat moss.

Date Of Production

circa 1954

Abstract

Two advertisements for Millburn Sphagnum Peat Moss.

Description

In two separate television commercials, John Nash Ott promotes Millburn Sphagnum Peat Moss, a soil conditioning product which he exclaims, "holds from 15 to 20 times its own weight in water."

The Millburn Peat Company, Inc. began after its founder, Glenn H. Traer of Lake Villa, Illinois, accidentally discovered between three and five million cubic yards of peat while attempting to develop part of a bog into an artificial lake.

Format

16mm

Extent

67 feet

Color

Color

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Print

Genre

House/garden
Sponsored

Form

Television commercials

Subject

Plants
Flowers
Gardens
Consumer goods

Related Collections

SERIES II: Educational and Industrial Films

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Winnetka

Sponsor/client

Millburn Peat Company

Main Credits

Ott, John Nash Jr. (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers

Ott, John Nash Jr. (is announcer)

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