[log in to unmask] (Andreas Kasenides) asks:
 
>>Since some fellows are discussing smoke producing techniques I
would really like to hear from people that have considerable
experience what is their favourite smoke producing agent?
 
   Burlap is my favorite, such as old tobacco sheets or peanut bags. It burns
slow and cool, with a pleasant smell.
 
   Pine straw works in a pinch, but it burns too hot and fast. It does smell
pleasant.
 
   Baling twine is used by many beekeepers.  I hate it, but use it at times.
 It rarely goes out once you have the fire established, and it makes a lot of
smoke, but it has to be one of the rankest smokes. I once had some baling
twine that apparently hung in the cowbarn in front of the fly sprayer, and I
think I did some permanant damage to my lungs from that pesticide soaked
fuel.
 
   Rags are okay in a pinch, but make sure they are cotton, not any
synthetics, and cut off any elastic first.  Cotton bolls will work, as will
spanish moss, if it is really dry.
 
   [log in to unmask]            Dave Green      SCarolina