Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-20
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An InKenisa. Broekiyn Mas Has DEVISED
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An rsxenfsa. Brsokiya Man Has Devised
q slaapss Method 81 E-iag weeds
In litiieshop Just opposite the entrance
IA the Fulton ferry can be secns unique
invention In which numberof we'll known
Brooklypites are Interested. IL il the straw
burning stove. invented by Mr.. q. u. Field.
which he claims Is destined 20 reyolutionize
the fuel question in the far west. As i
generally understood, one OF the great
harlships OF the winter In the west - the
lack Of fuel az any kind and the great az
pense OF bringing IL from the abundance OF
ether sections Of the country. Another
agricultural difficulty Is what TO do with
She waste straw and weeds about n farm.
Mr.. Field contends that he has solved both
problems, or rather that no can make the
last solve the former. His process Is very
simple, arI a. he gave practical demon
stration 10 TO reporter, II certainly
seems TO carry out all he claims for it.
Every farmer has lot OF waste straw,
grass aud weeds that Is useless for fuel II
burned In the ordinary way, but MIR. Fields
way In not the ordinary way. IL Is very
easy way when you see how he does It, Ike
the famous standing egg OF the Genoese
tiscoverer. He takes any kind OF hay.
grass, weeds or straw, the ordinary day
farm refuse. and cuts II mp In common
hay cutter. Then he puts II In what he
calls retort, sheet iron cylinder about
the size of the everyday ashcan that mis-
our streets when the carts go round. A
retort holds eighteen or twenty pounds OF
the cut straw pressed down and packed
tightly.
There Is an ordinary stove CRATE ut the
bottom Of the retort and before he begins
10 pack In the cut straw Mr.. Field puts In
the center round stick about four inches
In diameter. This il the little joker OF the
whole scheme. When the retort In full he
pulls the stick out, and OF course II leaves
hole through the center Of the mass. The
consequence In very important. II makes
central draft for his combustion when he
sets the straw on fire. and every one who
uses one Of the central draft lamps can mp
preciate the benefit OF this intense heat and
fire.
Now. having packed his weeds into the
retort, he next puts into what Ii an orii-
nary stove, except that In place Of fire
box and CRATE, such as we find In the coal
burning kind, he has compartment large
enough to hold the retort, which H. about
twenty-eight inches high and eighteen
inches In diameter.
This IN like a big oven and closes with a
door which takes up one end Of the stove.
The other end Is divided into two ovens.
one for baking, the other for heating. The
top Of the stove does kot differ from the
ordinary kind, being divided up into six
pot holes, with the usual lids. Having put
in the retort full Of the cut weeds. he opens
little door at the bottom Of the stove, APP
plies n match and the fire II made The
hole in the middle OF the packed mass
makes a central draft fire that in few
moments generates carbonic and nitrogen
gases, which, igniting, make an intense
heat. The straw burns slowly from the
bottom mp. the twenty pounds Of weeds
lasting about four hours and giving a fire
that viii cook, heat. boil, broil, or do any
thing that an ordinary stove will do and at
a cost that is only the collection OF the
waste about the farm.
The reporter saw one Of them burn for
two hours and the contents were then not
half consumed. II was a most interesting
operation. Every one knows how difficult
Il Is to make straw or weeds burn In the
ordinary way even to merely destroy them.
Here they are not only reduced TO fine
ashes but made to serve all the needs of
the farmer for fuel, cooking or other do
nestle purposes. There is no complicated
machinery, no elaborate process OF prepa-
ration; you merely, rs ID WERE put lot OF
straw or weeds into an iron ashcan, place
it in another square iron box and your
stove and fire are ready. -Brooklyn Eagle.