The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-05-15

county. Mr. Dunbar tells his expert
ence in a clear manner, with no effort
at elaboration. He shows where the
turning point in his growing and pack
ing business overlook him, since which
time he has been making money right
along and has no cause to complain
that commission men do not pay what
the fruit is worth.
"a hole would sell better than a
small applet" What great truth is
contained in the above utterance made
by one of the statesmen who handled
Mr. Dunbar's first shipment Of what
the latter considered an ideal pack!
The people who pay for the best APP
pies are fastidious not only as to what
they eat in the way of apples but also
as to what they see before they take
a bite. Place before them a box OF
apples of nice uniform size and the
right coloring, and they will dig down
in their pocket book for the last penny
to get that box, if necessary. On the
other hand, if you spoil the looks of
the opened box by putting in even one
apple that is too small or not of the
same color as the others, you cannot
chaser. Study the suggestions con-
tanned in Mr. Dunbar's article and try
to live up to them the coming season.
We would like to know the result!
New Way of Burning Stumps.
In a recent issue mention was made
of stump-burning outfit where there
were sixteen lines of hose connected
with an engine and blower, each in
dividual hose supplying blast of air
to a stump, thus making the fire burn
much faster than ordinarily. Three
or four inquiries have been received
from subscribers for fuller details
regarding the outfit. Our first knowl-
edge of the outfit came to us from a
gentleman who had seen it in opera
ton a short distance north of Seattle
The system consisted of Fairbanks
gasoline engine, known as the Jack
of-All- Trades, and a common black
smiths fan. The different lines of
hose we're fastened to a special con-
trivance for the distribution of the
air, and at the stump end of each
hose there was a common iron pipe
that was pushed into holes bored as
far under the base of the stump as
posssible-preferabl under the ground
in order to throw the blast upward
and fan the flame better
The writer has not seen the outfit
personally, burt has made inquiries
of several parties who have seen 1t
in operation. They all pronounce the
system success. 1t will enable one
to burn out stumps in a much shorter
time than Is possible by depending
on the wind for tanning the fires.
The blast from the blower acts in the
same manner as does blast from a
blow pipe on any substance, quickly
heating it or burning it, as may be
desired A green stump may be at
tackled and consumed without the te-
dious wait for the wood to become
sufficiently dried up to burn in the
natural way. Efforts were made to
see the owner of the outfit, but he
had moved to another locality farther
north, where he is now working in
the timber. No one who had seen the
outfit at work could give his name,
nor his present location, but we hope
to find out sometime soon. We were
informed that the inventor had ap-
piled for a patent on his idea, but
what part of the outfit this was to
cover could not be learned. In our
opinion an outfit working on these
principles should prove to be a good
thing for all who have large areas
of stumps to burn out. Blasting is
unnecessary when the work of burn
ing is we'll done, for the burning can
be done so deep among the roots as
to leave practically nothing to inter
fere with cultivation of the SOIL
What is left can easily be pulled out
with a team.