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Burning ear corn

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Charlie M

08-04-2006 10:26:59




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The message below about burning corn got me remembering my experiment last year burning ear corn. I have an older wood burning stove that doesn't have grates and can't burn pellets or kernels. I tried whole ear corn last year and I had a lot of it and it worked pretty well. When I had good coals from the wood I added the ears. I can't fill the stove too full based on its design but the ear corn burned real well and gave off a lot of heat. I figure I could save a couple of face cord of wood per year out of the 8-9 I burn. I have to buy the wood and the ear corn is just fun to grow. Biggest drawback was the corn was very noisey when burning and outside smelled like burnt corn. Any body else trying to use ear corn for fuel?

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Leland

08-06-2006 19:26:52




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 Re: Burning ear corn in reply to Charlie M, 08-04-2006 10:26:59  
Ear corn has lots of btu's it would make the stove glow where you could almost see thru it I thinnk it got hotter than a good hedge fire .



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J.C.H.

08-04-2006 13:21:48




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 Re: Burning ear corn in reply to Charlie M, 08-04-2006 10:26:59  
Heard my Folks talk of burning Corn,Oats, Hay during the Depression Years of the last Century but it never sparked an interest in this question till now. When you burn Corn right from the Crib or Bin does it pop like Popcorn? Do you have a Popcorn smell?



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Charlie M

08-04-2006 15:22:02




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 Re: Burning ear corn in reply to J.C.H., 08-04-2006 13:21:48  
Doesn't pop like pop corn but it does make a lot of noise when burning. Doesn't have a pop corn smell either.



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mjbrown

08-04-2006 13:12:24




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 Re: Burning ear corn in reply to Charlie M, 08-04-2006 10:26:59  
Ear corn was burned by farm families during the depression when corn was worth nothing and they had no money and no woodlots. I tried it many years ago after reading about it in a coal furnace. It burned hot. After coaling it made a nice blue flame. Didn't last like a good load of hardwood or coal.



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Nebraska Cowman

08-04-2006 10:34:15




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 Re: Burning ear corn in reply to Charlie M, 08-04-2006 10:26:59  
I never could bring myself to burn cow feed but burn a lot of cobs. They make a nice fast heat in the cookstove.



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RustyFarmall

08-04-2006 10:33:39




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 Re: Burning ear corn in reply to Charlie M, 08-04-2006 10:26:59  
Never heard of burning the whole ear, but why not? The oldtimers used to always save the cobs when they shelled and then use a bucket full of cobs in the stove to get things started in the morning, or to perk up a lazy fire when they needed a little extra heat.



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Dave_Id

08-05-2006 07:21:17




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 Re: Burning ear corn in reply to RustyFarmall, 08-04-2006 10:33:39  
My uncle on my Grandmas farm burned the cobs in the stock tank stove to keep the water from freezing over.



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