firebreak) which pushes them into the fire box of the 

 boiler. ("If the noise isn't there, I wake up," Dave 

 said — he lives in the original farmhouse next door; "it's 

 like living near the railroad tracks — things don't feel 

 right when you don't hear the train.") 



It's surprisingly clean heat with no creosote build-up. 

 Blowers in the boiler (under the fire and at the point 

 of flame) and a third half-way up the stack create a sys- 

 tem of air currents and slight vacuum that produces a 

 correct draft. A very tine dust (fly ash) does collects 

 on the inside of the boiler — and the boiler should be 

 cleaned regularly. 



Although it's still clearly a family business, other em- 

 ployees play major roles. Kevin Bragg is General 

 Manager, responsible tor a lot of organiza-tional 

 decisions; he chooses crops and does the buying of 

 bare-root perennials and nursery stock. ("He does the 

 things that aren't my brother's or my strong points.") 



And a word of advice:"There are lots of people around 

 who are thinking how nice it would be to start their 

 own little operations. But — even when everything's 

 working right, the greenhouse business can be one oi 

 the slowest to give a return on your investment. It took 

 my father eight years of working poul try and plants 

 together before finally floating this boat." 



The future? "Stability and consistency." Traditional 

 goals. The innovation will be in how they're accomp- 

 lished. B.P. 



For more information, contact Dave or Don at Murray Farms 

 Greenhouse, Inc., River Road, Penacook, NH 03303. The 

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