Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1920 — CORN MAY BE USED AS FUEL [ARTICLE]

CORN MAY BE USED AS FUEL

Fawners in Nebraska Say It Will Be Cheaper Than Coal. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 29.—Hundreds of thousands of bushels of corn may be burned as fuel by farmers In northern Nebraska this winter. High-priced coal and a bounteous but low-priced crop of corn Is the reason. New corn, unshelled, now brings three-fourths of a cent a pound, or sls a ton. The cheapest soft coal Is sls, and It has to be hauled. A wagon box 30 Inches high is required to hold a ton of unshelled corn and that amount makes a hotter fire and will last longer than a ton of coal.