Everyone Laughed at Him for Stacking His Winter Hay Against His House — Until The Drafts Disappeared
Автор: Frontier Man
Загружено: 2026-01-05
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Описание: When homesteader Jakob Henkel stacked hay bales three feet thick against every wall of his Minnesota cabin in eighteen seventy-eight, his neighbors warned him about fire hazards and rodent infestations. They called it the foolish act of a desperate man who couldn't afford proper barn space for his winter feed. But as February temperatures plunged to thirty below zero, Henkel's cabin stayed warm with half the firewood his neighbors burned through. His hay wall created sixty R-value insulation - better than modern foam - and as he fed his livestock each day, he simply pulled bales from the outer layer like peeling off a winter coat. By spring thaw, Henkel had both the warmest house in the county and the best-fed animals, proving that necessity breeds the most brilliant innovations.
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