That winter my crib overflowed with corn — fat, healthy three-to-a-stalk ears filled with kernels from heel to tip — while my neighbors' fields yielded only brown, empty husks.

According to the measuring method of fuel slagging characteristics, ash and slag analytical method and relevant judging rules, the slagging characteristics of corn straw briquette was judged.

The duration of dew formation and the amount of dew are estimated by predicting the time when the temperature of upper leaves falls below the dew point.