Bedminster NJ
2012


While farmers and ranchers know all there is to know about hay and hay bales, not everyone is so informed. In fact, one of the most common questions people want to know as they drive through the country is why some hay bales are round and others square.

Hay can be baled in many different shapes and sizes. The shape of the hay bales comes down to the baling equipment that is used. Older balers produced square or rectangular bales while newer balers usually produce round bales of hay.
Balers that produce the large round bales you see dotting the countryside are the most common type of balers available today. These balers produce what are referred to as ton bales. These bales of hay can weigh up to 1,500 pounds. This is compared to the square or rectangular bales of hay that are much smaller, weighing in at about 50 pounds.

(Magnolia soulangeana)

Tree Common Name: Pink Magnolia Tree. Tree Scientific Name: Magnolia soulangeana. Characteristics: The pink magnolia tree is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 70 feet tall and live for up to 120 years. The tree has a large flower bud that blooms in the spring before the leaves emerge.



Bedminster is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan area.
Bedminster was settled in 1710 by Dutch, Germans, and Scots-Irish immigrants. It was named after Bedminster, then in Somerset, England, and now a district of Bristol. Bedminster Township was created by Royal charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was incorporated formally by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on March 28, 1912, to form Peapack-Gladstone.
Formerly, Bedminster was the corporate headquarters of AT&T Corporation, prior to its merger with SBC Communications (the combined company is now known as AT&T Inc.). AT&T's Global Network Operations Center, which monitors traffic worldwide on AT&T's network, is currently located in Bedminster. It was also the corporate headquarters for Verizon Wireless before relocation to nearby Basking Ridge in 2006.
It is known for having one of the most historic Revolutionary War sites in the United States at what is known as the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site, which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. General Henry Knox, chief of the Continental Army artillery, was the leader responsible for building what was the country's first military artillery training academy, the forerunner to the United States Military Academy at West Point.