[AT] Flax Harvest

[Gene Dotson]

    I wondered if the flax straw would be good fuel for an outside burner? 
Have one big enough to feed whole bales. Would solve the problem of getting 
rid of the straw and a ready fuel supply in the winter. I have heard of 
grain drying burners using straw to dry grain.

                Gene


>>
> Glad you found it of some interest Cecil. And yes, there are a few good
> uses for flax straw. For as long as I have grown flax I keep hearing how
> they are looking for new ways to use the straw and better ways for us to
> dispose of it and even make a little money from the straw. Certain types
> of fibre board, and of course linen. Unfortunately, there are no
> processing plants close enough to make it a viable option. As long as
> the straw bales have to be transported many miles to be processed, it is
> not going to work. And with rising fuel costs always on the horizon I
> think we will be seeing smoke clouds in the fields every fall. Or in
> this case, spring. Thats right. With last fall's late harvest, muddy
> fields and early onset of winter I did not get the straw disposed of.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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