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1965 TV Commercial @ Lukow Bros
In 1965 a tv film crew came to our farm & made a commercial for V-C Fertilizer Co. The local dealer was a good friend of ours. The commercial appeared on downstate tv in late 1965-early '66. They gave us these b&wh photos
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This letter tells the whole story. You will need to click on larger size to read it.
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The gentleman sitting on the fender is Bob Burling from Chebanse. He farmed & operated the V-C fertilizer dealership. Bob passed away a couple of years ago.

I don't know the gentleman's name sitting in seat. He was with the V-C fertilizer company Hdqtrs.

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I can only identify 3 in this photo. Starting from right is Don Lukow (uncle). Next is our Dad, Glenn Lukow-then the next gentleman in foreground looking @ ground is Bob Burling, our friend owning fert. business.
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We had 2 JD 55 combines. Only 1 had corn head, since we were still cribbing corn @ the same time. This 2nd 55 was used for beans/wheat only.
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Glenn Lukow (our Dad) combining corn.
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Uncle Don Lukow
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About this same time, the Lester Pfister Seed Co. from El Paso, IL use my Dad (rt side) & Uncle Don's picture in their ad. This was in Prairie Farmer magazine.

Tractor was our 1206 w/Glencoe 18' field cultivator.