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To: Tim Bagwell who wrote (67)2/22/2001 3:44:56 PM
From: long-gone   of 1715
 
FARM SCENE: Farmers use crops to heat homes

By DAN LEWERENZ
The Associated Press
2/22/01 8:08 AM

CENTRE HALL, Pa. (AP) -- On a cool, still day, there's a subtle scent of popcorn surrounding Ed Leightley's farm.

Something on the stove? Nope. The aroma is coming from the furnace.

Leightley is one of a growing number of farmers who find they can save money by using their crops to heat their homes.

"I just love it," said Leightley, a corn farmer who lives in a 100-year-old two-story home without insulation in central Pennsylvania. "It hasn't varied 2 degrees in here all winter. And there's no way I could get heating oil for the same price I'd get for my corn -- this old house doesn't heat cheap."
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