What improvements would u put in.on your wood range
 

That the companys never did. I find I can fry 4/6 eggs with one feed sack. I wish there was a way of putting it in and then haveing a augur system with a lid that once I had the bag in, I could crank the lid back, forcing it as much as possibler under the lid that I have removed and my skillet is on. As it is, I lose a 1/3rd of the heat as the bag burns backwars towards the front of the stove, as I cant force it back enough AND keep it there. And, Im not going to stand at the stove constantly pushing it forward as it burns back.

Mine is a 1937 Sears & Roebuck Classic Model

Wonder when Sears/Wards sold their last Cook Range.?

Use corncobs with a little coal oil on them for a quick fire. Two big corn cobs soaked in coal oil will fry the eggs and some ham to go with them. You could even make toast on the stove top at the same time. (Wash the spot for toasting)
You'll get used to the oily flavor. We did.

One year we planted corn,before we redid the field inn alfala. That dry corn on the cob made the niceest fire,hot too.

A friend told me that when his grandmother wanted to bake a cake (or something) she used corncobs because it was a steady fire.

Mon

yep, Your all right and true, But im feeding over 100 rabbits and around 50 chickens. Darn if im gonna let those bags go to waste

Truss the bag into a shape that will fit where/how you want it...maybe that would keep the whole thing in place? If it's packed too tightly though, might make it not burn easily where most dense.....?????

Mon

Ok, so can you put the bag right under the back rondel,choke down the slider that goes to the stove to slow down the burn.

yes I can, But after I take my hand out, it comes back around 1/2 way between the holes, or further back. Yes, I can move the slider. Where should I move it? I keep it open, so as to heat up quick.

Once it gets going,close the oven slider,it should slow down the flame so it won't be going straight out the stack. Sorry I can't be much help. One of the things I'd change on most stoves is having a "summer grate" and a winter version. Adjustable.

Well, I was wondering what to use all these corn cobs for. :)

I have to roll up the sack from end to end. Thats the only way it will fit in.

Nothing like cobs for a quick fire. Quick starting, and quick ending. Get a can of Kero where it will be safe and put a couple cobs in it let the kero rise to 1/2 way up the cob. Youll have to keep replinishing the kero as the cob will really soak it up.

Well, my friend says that corn cobs were the ONLY thing his grandmother would use for cakes...she used wood for everything else, including breakfast. (he lived with his grandparents) He says her cakes were tall and moist and she would NOT bake them with wood..cobs only! And he OFTEN says that he wonders how she was such a good cook because a wood cookstove was never easy.

Mon

Throw a piece of scrap OSB about 2x8 inches in the bag. You'll have all the heat you need Or fit you a piece of thin steel between the firebrick

What is scrap OSB? There is no firebrick in a wood rainge. I want a HOT, and QUICKLY out fire.

Ours is an old "Home Comfort", built in St. Louis. It's a large stove, with a huge firebox; the grates are still good in it, even tho' we like to use hickory sometimes to get up a good fire. Anyway, it has a draft at the side of the firebox, toward the front, so the fire always burns evenly.

Oooh, I'm gonna be on the lookout for a source for corncobs. So tired of burning cakes and pastries.

Bill, if ya tie the sack with the string used to sew it shut, will it hold together long enuff?

Now that two of us have suggested something along the same lines, maybe he will try it? And report back?

Mon

OSB is oriented strand board. Its the stuff they use now days to sheet walls and roofs, Its somewhat like particle board but not as much resin. Particle board will burn a hole in a stove pretty fast. Osb burns hot but not quite that hot. As far as firebrick mine has them. You should be able to build some kind of baffle to orient things, cut down the draw

some feed stores (grain elevator) will knock a nickle or so off the cost of your feed if you bring the old bags in to be refilled... may also depend on how much feed you're buying at a time

We use the paper feed sacks for garden mulch, or to lay down for new garden beds.

They compost really well, too.

Do you find the bags cause buildup in your flue?

nope, not that I know of.

As to tieing the sack. To keep it under the back hole, I would have to roll it, and then tie it in a tight U. It wont fit in the firebox id I do. Its a perfect fit just rolled up from end to end