Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-18
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We have often plowed among stumps, and
soye often seen others exercise their sklli 10 /
s,unnr fields. The plowmen pulls bis team
of horses, or scolds or whips them, II Oxen
inside. Of one stump, outside of another, aud |
nsrhaps both sides Of she third, with an adroit |
ness which makes one feel that stumps are |
not the worst things in the world after all
With the exception of a grass patch by the
stump. here and there an unpiowed, and un-
covered blank, serpentine burrows instead OF
straight, the work is passibly done; and with
considerable extra labor in cultiyatlng the
crop may be good
Stumps nevertheless, hindrance TO
the b.st kini of husbandry- Not less than
seven evils grow oat of them, or cluster about
them
lst. They iutermit the crop over space OF
three or four times their own size I'd by
reason of the grass patch about their roots.
they render surrounding circle SO cold, that
the crop does not grow thriftily. nor rlpen uni
formlv with the rest of the field. ID Inc
blowing is more difficult, requiring more ex-
ertion of the plowmau. aud worrying the team
sooner, 4th. Stumps render it impossible to
DC the work of plowing With that niceneSs
which affords the greatest satisfaction to the
workmen 9th They diminish the crop IN
proportion to several times the ground they
occupy and they lower Its quality by causing
it to ripen unequally. 9th. They increase
the labor of harvesting. 1t is easier to NOW
or reap over the ground from which stump
has been removed, than around stump stand
ing 7th Accidents are more liable to hap
pen in stumpy than it clear field, such as
laming of a horse or an OK in ploEirg, The
breaking of plow or the smashing Of e valu'
able reaper or mower.
Add to all this, that the farmer takes, a.
we'll he may, e high degree of satisfaction IL
the fine appearance of his farm; that he ii
mortified at whatever is slovenly; and tha
makes his farm beautiful, gratifes the tast
and enhances the pleasure of all who behol'
it, and we have more than seven reasons TO
opposing the too long endurance Of stumps il
cultivated fields.
We would not advise you to have the NOR
important matters of crop growing and har
yesting in their seasons Bat there are por
tious of the year, which may we'll be devote
to preparation of the soil for more perfec
cultivation With a good stump machine s
work few DAYS more after the fall sowiog
over, you may work wonders in the sppear
ance of stumpy farm, and add cOnsi3erabl
to It's productivene.s.
a first rate stump machine, necessaril
costs about 5000, such Is the weight an
strength of material required; but being in
mensely strong aud in little or no danger
getting out of order, it is a fit implement
be held in partnership.
One machine would answer good pu-po:
for as nanny as twenty farmers living rei
each other. and this would bring the outla
to only so each.
Or wha. would be still better, would b
that some one person in township, or scho
district, should own 4 machine and work
in behalf of his neighbors. on such reasonab
terms. as would -emunerate him aud ser
their purposes.
The cost of removing stumps, with goC
stump puller. is less than one tenth of that
the old grubbing process; and it does the wo
far better, because it takes oct all the root
which the old process seldom or never does
Now, although We would cot advise ia
mers TO leave the important business of sur
mer, to wage war with the stumps, nor a
wise each one, on his own private account,
purchase such an expensive article, yet M
not those who have stumpy fields declare t
war, aud be devising ways and means, al
thus be ready to commence operations VIII
the fitting season to conquer peace with t
stumps comesl
Less than $40, including the use eff m
chine, will clear off hundred stumps al
leave the ground in perfect order for the pie
the harrow, the mower and the reaper. Th;
at most, would be ten cents for each, and th
most assurredly will be repaid in the create
ease of cultivation and the increase of Gro
therefrom.