Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-09-22
EVENT A SUCCESS
AT LEAST 500 FARMERS ATTEND
CLEARING DEMONSTRATION
GREAT INTEREST IS MANIFESTED
Various Stump PulIers Proven To
Be a Practical Means of Rid
ding Land Of Stumps

Five hundred farmers witnessed the
land clearing demonstration held
one mile south Of Weyerhaeuser,
Wednesday. This great crowd, to
man, declared that the demonstra-
tion was practical and that the meth
DDS used in removing and piling
stumps were efficient and ecolomi-
cal. The Conrath Home Made Stump
Piler attracted perhaps more atten-
ton than any other feature. Any
farmer can build this piler himself
and buy all cables and other attach
ments for less than thirty dollars.
This little piler handled everything
that a large team could drag with
in the reach of it's cables. Blue
prints and detailed drawings can be
had by applying to the county re-
preventative.
The Du Pont dynamite expert was
constantly surrounded by great
! crowd of farmers who listened with
interest to Mr. Mathewson as he ex-
| planned the most modern method OF
| handling dynamite. Mr. Mathewson
permitted the farmers to select the
stumps and to estimate the charge
of forty per cent dynamite that
would be necessary, Mr. Mathewson
| would place the same charge of
twenty per cent dynamite under the
stump. He did not fail in a single
instance to remove the stump. Mr..
Mathewson clearly demonstrated
that twenty per cent dynamite is full
| ly as efficient as forty per cent dy-
Mantle when working on heavy clay
soil. This means a saving of about
three dollars per hundred on the dy-
Mantle. The Dupont expert also
demonstrated the use of the ten
dollar electrical blasting machine.
The use of this little machine
also enables the operator to dis
tribute the charge in several places
under a stump and blow several
stumps at the same instant. BY dis
| tributing the charge under the
stump a much smaller hole is blown
in the ground and several pounds of
dynamite can be saved on an acre.
| The Dupont expert co-operated
with Pete Kassela, chairman of the
town of Stubbs, in blowing dyna-
mite ditch the results of which were
| very satisfactory. Mr.. Kassela i'm
| mediately ordered enough of the six
ty per cent dynamite to complete
the town ditch.
The Kirstin Horse Puller, of Es-
canada, Mich, and the Hercules
Horse Puller, of Centerville, Iowa,
demonstrated clearly that there is
no stump too large for either OF
these machines to handle. These
stumps were cracked by using one
pound or less of dynamite on the
stump either before Or after remov-
| ing it from the ground. This small
charge of dynamite placed the largest
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| it was easily handled by the Con-
rath Piler. Most of the farmers pres
ent were surprised at the large num-
Der of stumps that could be handled
| by one of these pullers in few
hours. One of the great attractions
to the poor settler was the Kirstan
One Man Stump Fuller This power
full little machine was able to pull
practically as many stumps as the
larger horse machines. The power
| is supplied by one man. This little
machine appealed to the Polish peo-
pie, many Of whom as yet have no
horses.
| The demonstration was in charge
of Carl Livingston, who represented
the State College Of Agriculture.
The 500 railroad furnished special
train for the co-operators. Mr.. Bis
sell of the Wisconsin Advancement
Association spent the entire week
in the western part of the county
studying the land clearing problem
and making arrangements to supply
the farmers with a carload of dy-
Mantle at wholesale price.
Almost enough orders were re-
ceived to make the carload GER
tainty. The Weyerhaeuser State
Bank will receive orders for this
dynamite until Monday: The prices
are twelve cents for twenty per cent
dynamite and fourteen cents per
pound for forty per cent dynamite
providing farmers order enough to
make up a carload lot. Get busy If
you want some Of it.
| G. M. HOUSEHOLDER,