Old Bags of Seed Corn Are Cheap Source Of Fuel
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George Holsapple, Jewett, Ill.: George uses old bags of seed corn as a cheap source of fuel to heat his 54 by 54-ft. shop. He burns the corn in a three-year-old A-Maize-Ing Heat furnace (Big M Mfg. Co., R.R. 3, Box 319A, Taylorville, Ill. 62568; ph 217 824-9372).
"This is the perfect way to get some use out of old seed corn you can't use anymore," George notes. "Friends give it to me for nothing and I usually have some left over myself. The furnace uses about 3 bu. per day to heat the shop to 60 to 70 degrees, even when it's 0 degrees outside. Besides keeping the 10 bu. hopper full, the only other maintenance is re-moving clinkers from the bottom of the furnace."
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Old Bags of Seed Corn Are Cheap Source Of Fuel ENERGY Alternative Fuels 22-1-30 George Holsapple, Jewett, Ill.: George uses old bags of seed corn as a cheap source of fuel to heat his 54 by 54-ft. shop. He burns the corn in a three-year-old A-Maize-Ing Heat furnace (Big M Mfg. Co., R.R. 3, Box 319A, Taylorville, Ill. 62568; ph 217 824-9372).
"This is the perfect way to get some use out of old seed corn you can't use anymore," George notes. "Friends give it to me for nothing and I usually have some left over myself. The furnace uses about 3 bu. per day to heat the shop to 60 to 70 degrees, even when it's 0 degrees outside. Besides keeping the 10 bu. hopper full, the only other maintenance is re-moving clinkers from the bottom of the furnace."
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