Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1917 — Seeds Used as Fuel. [ARTICLE]

Seeds Used as Fuel.

Hundreds of tons of peach ‘and apricot seeds, which have been thrown away every season heretofore by the canning factories In the great fruit districts of now, sold as fuel and bring $2.50 a ton retail. Formerly the seeds were considered too hard for fuel, but recently it was found that when heated in a stove burnin? hard coal they soon pop open and Ignite, after which they burn with an intense glow like that of anthracite, and are practically smokeless, besides holding a Are well. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.