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-
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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
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cold-tolerant crops, cultural
conservation techniques, and tips
to boost efficiency of present
equipment and operations Hob
byists have not been forgotten; a
section on greenhouses attached to
homes was provided.
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
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Here t how lh# Banvel early lay by
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l Apply your pre-emergence
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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
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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.
Denise M Bertrand, Appraisal
Analyst with the Southeast Farm
Credit Association and Secretary
Youth Leader of the Chester-
Delaware Co-op Council organized
the One-Day Institute
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