Burning Corn On The Cob

Burning Corn On The Cob ENERGY Wood Burners (65) 30-1-5 Long-time FARM SHOW reader Gary Haight called recently to tell us about something going on in his farm neighborhood near Walkerville, Mich. "I've built a few outdoor wood-burning stoves of my own design so I'm always interested in other people's stoves. While talking to one of my neighbors recently, he was telling me he had started burning corn in his outside wood furnace. He was using corn on the cob - not shelled corn like is used in most corn stoves û and he couldn't believe how well it worked. "He'd been burning it steady for 7 days and said it burned great. No need for stoking at all and he was getting 48 hrs. of burn out of a full stove compared to 24 hrs. of burn with a full load of wood. And the fire was hotter. "He tells me he's going to build a corn crib right next to his furnace and order a load of cob corn. Next year he might even start picking it himself. "After seeing this furnace in action, I'm convinced it's a great way to go. Any outside wood burner should be able to burn cob corn."

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