—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15,1977
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Wood-burners are making dramatic comeback
MARIETTA - The United
States can save over 70
million barrels of fuel per
year if a projected 5 million
homes use wood as their
main heat source by 1980.
Each home might use three
full cords of wood per year,
according to a study by the
National Solid Fuel Trades
Association, Inc.
The home heating industry
is undergoing significant
changes, with wood-buming
stoves and fireplaces
making a remarkable
comeback. The trend is so
strong, in fact, that dealers
are having trouble filling
orders. One Virginia firm
notes its output has doubled,
while demand for their stove
has increased five-fold.
Last Monday ap
proximately 125 wood
burning stove dealers from
Pennsylvania, Maryland,
and Delaware met near here
at the Indian Springs Golf
Course. Sponsored by
Hiestand Distributors of
Marietta and East Peter
sburg, the day-long meetings
focused on changing trends
on the American home
heating scene. Hiestand
A production and con
signment sale was held at
Beechdale Farms, Bird-In-
Hand, Pa., on September 24.
Thirty-nine Beechdale lots
averaged $1100; 33 consignor
lots average $883; and 72
overall lots averaged $lOOl.
The top selling bull, a
polled purebred by Beat,
sold for $2500 to Old Mill
Ranch, Miller, Mo. Top
female, a Lacombe Adorns
daughter bred to Galant,
sold for $1950 to William
McAvoy, New Pans, Pa. Top
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fuels.
According to a recent
study at Penn State
University, wood from the
extensive forests of Penn
sylvania could become a
valuable alternative source
of energy where timberlands
are concentrated.
The researchers
established an evaluation
procedure for considering
wood as a fuel source. They
determined that 17 million
acres of Pennsylvania forest
land are producing three
times the amount of wood
being cut annually to supply
the wood-using industries.
This means that large
supplies of wood and wood
wastes are available to use
as fuel, according to Dr. P.
R. Blankenhom, Dr. T. W.
Bowersox, and Dr. W. K.
Murphey of the faculty m
forest resources.
They pointed out that
future energy will likely
come from a combination of
oil and gas, coal, nuclear,
and solar sources. Wood and
wood wastes are considered
solar sources of energy. The
Sale report
%, a polled extra daughter
bred to Beechdale’s Herd
Sire, SBL Vic 19G, sold for
$1550 to Lochiel Farms,
Macedon, N.Y. Top Vt blood,
a Sultan daughter bred to
Abncot, sold to Good Hope
Simmentals, Landenberg,
Pa., for $B5O.
Four purebred bulls
averaged $1650; seven
percentage bulls averaged
$436; 15 bred purebreds
averaged $1478; 10 open
purebreds averaged 1108;
arniimm
Penn Staters said that wood
for energy must be
developed without affecting
existing uses of the forest
such as water resources,
wildlife habitat, forest in
dustries, and recreation.
The researchers studied,
for example, the forest
sources in a nine county
region of north central
Pennsylvania. They found
that one-third of the annual
tree growth in the region is
available to produce about 31
million cubic feet of wood for
fuel. And they observed that
the heat potential in 31
million cubic feet of wood is
nearly equial to 3 million
tons of bituminous coal or 1.5
million barrels of number 2
fueloil.
Speakers at the Hiestand
meeting noted that one acre
of woodland can supply one
cord of wood per year
without diminishing the
supply. It would simply
involve using undergrowth
and fallen trees. One might
also consider a carefully
planned thinning program.
It’s estimated that only
seven acres of woodland are
four purebred pairs open %’s averaged $383;
averaged $1650; one %to 7/8 three %to % pairs averaged
pair averaged 800; 18 bred $650; and seven bred Vi's
%’s averaged $1014; three averaged $394.
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needed per family for a life
time ' of wood-burning.
“Wood is a renewable
recourse of energy if
managed well,” a
spokesman said.
Colie Davis from the
National Solid Fuel Trade
Association informed the
dealers that he is working
towards a goal which would
include solid fuels (coal and
wood) m tax rebate bills for
solar energy. Such
legislation is being con
sidered in Washington and
Harrisburg and people are
openly being encouraged to
write to their represen
tatives and speak up for such
proposals.
Hiestand Distributors is a
family owned and family
operated business. The
company handles a number
of different products, in
cluding the Mascot, a wood
fired hot water heater that
can be used along with an
existing hot water furnace or
back-up for a solar system.
The unit is manufactured in
Lancaster and is expected to
be on the market by Nov. 1.
Other products distributed
by Hiestand are the Newmac
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