From hot air balloons to other ag pests FLEMINGTON, N.J. - The issues are varied. It may be hot air balloons spooking cattle, or crop damage caused by balloons or sky divers landing in fields, and the traffic of attending vehicles. It might be the problems en countered by a rural resident when a tree falls on the power line between road and buildings...and the power line is private, not power company-owned. It could be a new pest, like the soybean cyst nematode, found in New Jersey for the first time this past season. It’s issues like these that make The RFC “FRIST A VENT" System The “FRISTAVENT” a sys tem with ASSETS of the “ARTIC” and VERSATIL ITY of the “AIRDISC” The ECONOMICAL distribution system fromFRISTAMAT. The 'M' Mixer Unit T ♦ The “M” Unit lays out the carpet of bam air to even distribute the fresh air brought in by the exhaust fan that creates the negative pressure. The “N” Negative Nozzle Unit The “N” Unit gives a more precise fresh air distribution. FEATURES OF THE FRISTAVENT SYSTEMS •Negative neutral and positive ventila tion • Ease of installation •Draft free (when neutral or positive) •Excellent air distribution Systems with proper air distribution and energy saving. FARMER BOY AG. INC* PH. 717-866-7565 410 E. LINCOLN AVE. MYERSTOWN, PA. 17067 the monthly County Board of Agriculture meetings interesting, at times exciting. The board in cludes a program on each meeting agenda. It’s not always a “hot” issue in the agricultural com munity. The programs are most often informative and educational. President of the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture is Fred Clucas, Tewksbury Township grain farmer. He will be making his report to the membership at the association’s annual meeting, next Saturday evening, Nov. 17, at Quakertown Fire House. He is particularly pleased with ENERGY SAVING SYSTEMS BY FRISTAAAAT The “M” Mixer Unit BEST IN DESIGN , PRICE AND EXPERIENCE The FRISTAVENT uses a CENTRIFUGAL fan that lays out a continuous CARPET of barn air, this ensures an EVEN DIS TRIBUTION OF FRESH AIR to the livestock withNO DOWN DRAFTS. The “0” Optimum Unit The “0” unit has all the features of the “M” Mixer and “N” Negative with Nozzle, it includes a variable speed fan in the intake duct to optimize its capacity. •Adaptable to varying livestock capaci ties •Unaffected by weather conditions •Can upgrade existing negative pres sure the two new activities this year: Ag Awareness Day and the county’s corn contest. Ag Awareness Day was a day of open houses on 12 different farms in the county. Host farms were spruced up for the occasion, tours available, demonstrations, and more. The corn contest in new, with six entries. Three of the six have been harvested and yields confirmed. The costs of inputs have also been reported and have been sum marized Dr. Bob Latimer, farm management specialist at Rutgers. The "N" Negative Nozzle Unit ♦ IS SPECIALISTS icaster Faming, Saturday, Havawbar 10,198 d —PIS Winners ot the contest will be Bill; Agriculture in the Classroom, announced at the annual meeting. -- a ne w program in the schools. The OTHER ACTIVITIES association often contributes There are a number of annual events scheduled by the ag board. They include; the Farmers’- Businessmen’s Picnic; the Dairy Farm Open House with attendance of close to 2,000 people; the Far mers’ Day activities at Flemington Agricultural Fair; the Penn sylvania Farm Show bus trip. They have included programs on chain saw safety (NHHS Vo-Ag group); handicaps on horseback; deer management; an American Farm Bureau film on the ‘B5 Farm financially to efforts like these. A big event this year was the N.J. Agricultural Society Legislators’ tour of Hunterdon. The local ag board strongly sup ported this activity. Monthly meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month, at 8 p.m. in the Extension Center. Public is always welcome. Oc casionally, the meeting is shifted to the second Wednesday to avoid a conflict with other activities. The annual meeting coming up next Saturday includes a roast beef dinner. This year’s speaker will be Harold “Nate” Repair, Somerset County Ag Agent, speaking on the subject, “The Dilemma of a County Agent.” Tobacco grades aired ANNAPOLIS, Md. - According to Stuart Carr, Secretary of the Maryland Tobacco Authority, the question of reinstating USDA grading to tobacco was due to be discussed at the Nov. 9 meeting of the Authority. “In addition to considering the opening and closing dates for the 1985 auction market season,” Carr said, “we had been asked to open the agenda for discussion of having Maryland Tobacco Auctions return to a ‘designated market status’ which means all tobacco would be offered for sale on a graded basis. “Some of those suggesting a return to grading...which would be done on a cost-basis and paid for by the seller....say they are fearful that off-quality 1983 crop Maryland J tobacco which was unsold this year ’could act as a price damper on the 1985 market which will see high quality, 1984 crop, tobacco of fered.” “That’s why we allowed discussion of the issue at the November meeting,” he said.
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