Money-saving book available for greenhouse operators LANCASTER Greenhouse Energy Conservation published May 1980 by Penn State’s Office of Industrial Research and In novation reports the latest developments in heat-saving techniques and practical ap plications of them. Written for the greenhouse operator, the manual describes heat-saving materials and processes now in research and commercial installation. Windbreaks, siting, thermal blankets, double poly coverings, double panel houses, Lapseal, solar and associated heat storage systems, power plant waste heat use, infrared heating, and soil heating possibilities are some of the conservation options explored. Each section includes thorough discussions of payback tunes, expected fuel savings, energy efficiencies, and other economic data. Growers report their ex periences and describe potential problems and solutions Com- fSJ TO SERVE YOU BETTER J fasrtihxrlf LANCASTER, PA. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS ROYSTER BONANZA AND; CROP-SPECIALS THREE LOCATIONS IN PENNA. DANVILLE 717-275-4850 RICHLAND 717-866-5701 LANCASTER 717-299-2541 ra /Fertilizers/ mercial products are listed in the text and suppliers in an appendix The authors are John W White, professor of floriculture at Penn State, and Robert A. Aldrich, professor and head of agricultural engineering at the University of Connecticut. They write from more than 40 years of teaching, research, and work experience with greenhouse operators. “Greenhouse Energy Con servation’ is an advice and data book on present fuel saving techniques and equipment,” says White, “as well as a primer on promosing experimental systems such as soil heating and solar ” He said he feels operators in colder climates must innovate and make conservation decisions on a case-by-case basis To help them, he and Aldrich have compiled eight tables such as Comparative Costs and Savings of Glazing Materials and Heating Costs per Acre for Various Flower Crops They also included sections on R/K (Royster/Kirby) 500 Running Pump Rd.. Lancaster, Pa. 17601 MIXED FERTILIZER / New Banvel herbicide 1 / 2-step overlay program... 1 Now you can lay-by corn BEFORE It’s 5 inches high! 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Aldrich’s research specialty is greenhouse structure; White is an expert on thermal blankets and has designed a commercial in stallation that a Penn UNIONVILLE - The Chester- Delaware Council of the Penn sylvania Association of Farm Cooperatives recently held its Annual One-Day Institute tor 4-H and FFA at the Stone Bain in Umonville i’he 18 participants haa been chosen by their Club or Chapter MATERIALS FOR BLENDING OR DIRECT APPLICATION. .. UREA (GRANULAR) AMMONIUM NITRATE NITROGEN SOLUTION DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATE MURIATE OF POTASH GRANULAR ZINC BORATE (GRANULAR) MICRONUTRIENT MIX SULFUR (GRANULAR) 46% 33%% 30% 46% 60% 22% 32% 90% Here t how lh# Banvel early lay by prof ram works l Apply your pre-emergence herbicide to control grasses 2 Apply Banvel before com is more than 5 inches whan broadieaves are germinating before weeds have robbed significant amounts of moisture or nutrients from your crop • sylvania grower $20,000 in one year He directs projects on eutectic salt and rock bed heat storage, on air and water solar heating, and double panel plastic and glass houses. White thinks soil heating combined with individual bed blankets looks promising “Why heat the entire house’” he says. “Greenhouse Energy Con servation” is printed in an easy-to- Chester-Delaware Co-ops hold one-day institute leaders to spend the day learning about the principals of cooperatives and the actual cooperatives in their area. Eight students were selected to attend the PAFC Annual bummer Institute which will be held July 2 through July 15 at Shippensburg State College, Chambersburg TWO LOCATIONS IN SO. MD. JAMES H. McKENNY Sales Representative CHARLOTTE HALL 301-884-4604 301-932-6527 UPPER MARLBORO Rear of Three M Farm Supply 301-627-8700 m /Fertißzersf incaster Farming, Saturday, April 11,1981—C25 read 32 page, three column format. Twenty-seven illustrations, many of commercial installations, were reproduced, and the text written in non-techrucal language. The manual is priced at $2 50; discount rates for bulk orders are available on request Order from Industrial Research and In novation, 225 Pond Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802. Chosen to attend the Summer Institute are Eileen Fairbaim, West Chester; Steve March, Glenmoore; Loren Ruth, Spring City; Leslie Schofield, Pottstown; Kathryn Soltys, Spring City; Valerie Weaver, Nottingham; Wiliam Wylie, Nottingham; and Nancy Yarnall, Oxford. Terry King, Nottingham; and Mike Peters, Cochranville, were chosen as alternates. 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