Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-12-03

soon as possible after fires are out
ana ground colled, in the dry ashes
and soil where they viii remain soft
| until the rains give sufficient moist
ure for termination and growth
/ This is especially desirable on loose
soils as the grass in short time
| will make sufficient sods to mater
tally assist in banking or covering
in the fires. The grass will also
make some pasture if the clearing
Is not completely ready for cultiva-
lion during the first season
The reason for removing the bark
md securing as good a burn as pos
| IDLE is to produce a charred stump,
rs charred stumps do not Absorb
/ ,he rains ana moisture as much as
the uncharre1. They are better il
F,t season ana as this is the sea
son when We have most time for the
work this advantage is to be kept in
mini. We are now ready to begin
operations for the removal of The
stump.
Begin by breaking up a quantity
of wood, usually finding enough at
hand for the purpose Of slabing on
hopping from the top of stumI
{ half burned or charred WOOD
and breaking up into lengths about
he size Ct ordinary stove wood, be.
arcful net to break any longer than
lbout s inches. Longer wood makes
covering higher on stump necessary
We stand this broken wood or
| nd around the stump, making such
| I complete circle Of broken WOO
md kindling that will insure the fire
when kiniled following from the
;i3e whore fire is lighted completely
around the stump. We suggest that
4 little special care be taken in the
! placing Of this wood First, to Sc
| orange the wood that fire will fol
| .0H with the aid OF a little artificial
| lraft caused by the opening to the
windWard and loosely piled covering
! Of earth at the bottom. Second, uni
! form lengths together SO as to pro
iuce as smooth a~surface as possible
at top of this wood to facilitate coy
| ring. We now ascertain the direc-
| ion from which the wind is blowing
md with two pieces of heavy bark
7r old chunks Of wood about Is in
ahes long, set about 2 inches apart
at the bottom, with tops resting
against each other and against kindl-
/ ing around the stump on the wind
/ ward side. That there may be nc
misunderstanding of this WindWard
side we will further explain by say
ing we want the wind to blow into
| this arch when we fire our kindling.
The next step is to take some soil
| Chat having good sod preferred) be-
ing careful at the start to place each
| shoyelful carefully against the wood
around the bottom and build it up in
such manner as to leave the bot
| tom for the first two or three courses
loose Avoid packing at this part
Of the covering We must have some
air and some draft at the starting
| Be cautious about standing off at d
| distance and throwing this cover
| ing against the wood as this would
! break up the soil and cause it to fall
in among the broken wood, checking
/ the draft and smothering your fire,
! but we do not want a tight collar
! around the stump at the top of the
/ banking or covering, which will Just
cover the upper end of the broken
wood. The heat produced by the
/ first fire will rise to the upper level
under the covering. We want to
conserve this first heat The prin-
| ciple is much the same as is used in
the fireless cooker. To insure a
tight collar use a few shovelfulls of
fine earth at the top of first cover
ing around the stump.
We are now ready to fire the
stump, which we do by using some
good kindling placed in the arch left
open for this purpose. We believe
a good start essential. Usually some
pitch wood may be had at hand,
which makes easy and sure starting,
after starting the fire, the operator
may 90 to another stump, or other
work, but should return in about
| two hours, or at such time as the
! fire may be we'll around the stump,
when the opening where the fire was
started should be closed. If the wood
/ has burned out at this part a few
short sticks may be placed under
/ the covering and from this time the
/ treatment must be about the same
| as that given charcoal pit, which
/ in reality il is, being careful not to
allow covering to fall in and leave
an entrance for too much air as
/ this will consume the charcoal
which, in turn, would cause still