. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 5TATE, TOWN. COUNTY 'RESERVE FARMLAND In an unprecedented cooperative ffort among county, local and state overnments, 608 acres of prime farm- md in the heart of Burlington 'ounty's breadbasket wUl be spared le developer's shovel, according to reeholder Director Henry W. Metzger. Last fall, Burlington County- 'hich embraces cranberry country I New Jersey-took title to the jntroversial Chesterfield Commons ract that was soon to become a 1046 nit housing development in the enter of rural Chesterfield. The ounty purchase is the first
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 5TATE, TOWN. COUNTY 'RESERVE FARMLAND In an unprecedented cooperative ffort among county, local and state overnments, 608 acres of prime farm- md in the heart of Burlington 'ounty's breadbasket wUl be spared le developer's shovel, according to reeholder Director Henry W. Metzger. Last fall, Burlington County- 'hich embraces cranberry country I New Jersey-took title to the jntroversial Chesterfield Commons ract that was soon to become a 1046 nit housing development in the enter of rural Chesterfield. The ounty purchase is the first in the <ate to qualify for state funding ider New Jersey's Farmland etention Program. The purchase price for the tract of ime farmland was $ million with .e county paying $ million and lesterfield Township $350,000, etzger said. However, under a new State irmland Preservation Program oviding matching funds for eservation easement purchases, irUngton County is eligible to recover If the cost associated with keeping e land undeveloped. Freeholder Robert C. Shinn, who s spearheaded the County's Farm- id Preservation Program, said that len the purchase is final, the county II place a perpetual easement on the ' reel which will restrict the use of id to farming. He said the county will then place e land with the agricultural easement the auction block to recover a 3stantial portion of the sale price, at money plus the funds received <m the state wiU be returned to the unty's Farmland Preservation ' Jgram for future purchases. The goal of such farmland rchases is to maintain a meaningful I ie of open productive land, insure ; viability of production agriculture : 1 channel growth to more i propriate areas of the county. For Hayssen Packaging Machine, new condition, Model LP-1, with a volumetric feed. Still in original shipping crate. For more infor- mation, contact Cranberry Lake Corp., Route 2, Box 1200, Phillips WI 54555. "It's a common sense approach," says
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