Around here the Amish seem to have it figured out,... I see trails of the pellets on the roadside alot.
Paul
hay / buffalo chip stoves
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Here is a link to another story about the Russian stoves, which were apparently built from designs the Mennonites brought with them from their home country which was very similar to the Nebraska landscape.
https://history.nebraska.gov/publications/prairie-stoves
Here are some more links I found of photos of stoves in different early settings. They have detailed information of the images in each link.
This image has a woman carrying a bucket in a prairie campground with a cookstove in the foreground and what appears to be a covered wagon with the wheels removed so it sets flat on the ground.
I have found that if I click on the small image it can be enlarged for a better view. Even better is if I save the image to my computer as a jpeg, then it can be enlarged as much as I want to see more details.
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 6674550930
The next two appear to be photos of the same stove, I believe a baseburner, in a general store from two different angles, or maybe it's just the same brand of stove in two different stores according to the details about the photos. The chimneys are definitely different.
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 0843105680
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 1860727618
I like the variety of people in the last one...white, native, even a little african american boy. All staying warm by the stove in the general store.
One more, a gorgeous baseburner in a home with a baby in a carriage. Can anyone identify the stove, or even better, who's the baby?
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 5431440890
https://history.nebraska.gov/publications/prairie-stoves
Here are some more links I found of photos of stoves in different early settings. They have detailed information of the images in each link.
This image has a woman carrying a bucket in a prairie campground with a cookstove in the foreground and what appears to be a covered wagon with the wheels removed so it sets flat on the ground.
I have found that if I click on the small image it can be enlarged for a better view. Even better is if I save the image to my computer as a jpeg, then it can be enlarged as much as I want to see more details.
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 6674550930
The next two appear to be photos of the same stove, I believe a baseburner, in a general store from two different angles, or maybe it's just the same brand of stove in two different stores according to the details about the photos. The chimneys are definitely different.
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 0843105680
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 1860727618
I like the variety of people in the last one...white, native, even a little african american boy. All staying warm by the stove in the general store.
One more, a gorgeous baseburner in a home with a baby in a carriage. Can anyone identify the stove, or even better, who's the baby?
https://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/pho ... 5431440890
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Sorry, I think I fixed it now. I don't know what I did wrong.
These two links talk about making pellets and briquettes out of animal manure and agricultural residue.gardener wrote: ↑Mon. Nov. 05, 2018 1:30 pmNo problem. I enjoyed it.
The description of the hay burning attachments was interesting. I imagine that lighting those was little effort.
The webpage/article did not say specifically, but I gathered that the buffalo / cow chip stove was some sort of cylinder stove.
The russian stoves read to me that it is some sort of mass heater.
The remark about the corn oil 'burned holes in the stoves'. I wonder why that was?
Thanks everyone.
Oh also, the webpage/article reads like they wrap up by listing the progression of fuels, made me think about how nowadays many pellet stoves are able to burn various types of pellet fuels. I don't think dried manure has been pelletized, but I have seen shows that talk about pelletizing just about any agriculture residue you can think of.
https://www.biopelletmachine.com/biopellet-making ... chine.html
... also provides a list of net caloric value of many fuels, cow dung included
http://www.gemco-energy.com/manure-pellet-machine.html