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Forest Tree Nursery Energy Considerations

What prompts a discussion of energy at a meeting like this? It is because of the increasing cost and scarcity of energy and how that cost rise and scarcity is affecting our forest tree nursery operations. All forest tree nurseries use electricity for driving irrigation pumps, space heating, lighting, and, perhaps, air conditioning. Likewise all tree nurseries use petroleum products to power wheeled equipment, for space heating, and other applications. Natural gas is often used for space heating, drying cones or heating greenhouses.


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Author(s): Stephen E. McDonald

Event: Proceedings of Meetings Intermountain Nurserymen's Association
1977 - Manhattan, Kansas