The Winslow mail., 1911-12-16
DYNAMITE SUCCESSFULLY
USED IN PLANTING TREES

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experiments being conducted in vari-
Gus portions Of the country under the
direction of the agricultural colleges
different states, in farming with dy-
Mantle" are being watched with great
interest. A preliminary report was
just issued from the Census Depart
ment showing that there are $50 great
fertilizing prod ucing concerns in the
country, and that in 1909 the value Of
their products was $l03, $3.50, 900. IF the
theory attached to the use of dynamite
in agricultural persuits is found to be
correct, and the Du Pont company is
evidently SO sure of it that they are
claims, then all this great outlay for
fertilizers will be unnecessary. 1t is
pointed out that in ordinary blowing
the same old soil is merely turned
over only a few inches from the sur
lace ear after year, and decrease In
crops is only prevented by rotation of
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farming with dynamite is that by
planting sticks of dynamite at regular
intervals of space, and exploding
them, that the underlying soil is dis
turbed to depth Of several feet, maxi
ing it porous and capable of absorb
ing plenty of water in rainy weather,
and this water, which is the principal
plant food, is drawn to the top by the
roots of the plant as needed for it's
growth, carrying with it not only
moisture but necessary soluble fortil
izing elements In the cotton fields
of the south, production has been
multiplied several times over from
blowing with dynamite, while in
creases of thirty-three per cent are re-
ported from corn fields. Melon patches
also show remark ably increased yields.
J. FL. Hale, the great orchadist from
Connecticut, has become a convert to
the scheme, and has planted thousands
of trees with dynamite, with surpris-
ing results. Illustrations have been
received here showing how the use Of
dynamite permits the roots of fruit
trees to take their natural downward
course in the lower stratas of the soil
in which plenty of plant food elements
are available, and the development of
the trees planted with dynamite and
without, in the same orchards demon
strates more than anything else the
success Of the experiment. Cornell
University is authority for the state
ment tnat trees properly planted can
absorb go per cent of the moisture sur
rounding them, and where the under
lying soil is especially prepared for
this purpose it is not strange that
photographs prove that trees set out
in land prepared by dynamite look
fully 100 per cent more healthy, and
are much more productive in three or
four years, than the trees set out in
plots where cramped roots prevent
healthy growth. In the wooded sec
tions of the country the settlers dis
covered for themselves many years
ago that few sticks of dynamite could
beat all the p tent stump pullers in
the universe. The agricultural de-
partment was the last to be convinced
but Mr.. Wilson's bureau has finally
acknowledged that there is TO ques-
tion about this-just as they are GO
ing to wake up to the more wonder
full discovery of the practicabllity of
farming with dynamite when there is
40 longer any question about it. Now
that congress is about to re-assem BILE
it has been suggested that the passage
of the Simmons agricultural expert
.ment BIZ of the sixty first congress
would result in the taking up of such
mattars as farming with dynamite in
practical manner that would ad.
vance the agricultural interests of the
country to great degree.