Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-05-09
LAND CLEARING
SPECIAL COMING
Will Demonstrate Most Efficient
Methods of Clearing
Land
SAFE, EFFICIENT USE OF
DYNAMITE A FEATURE
Train Will Spend May 23 at Lady
smith.-Will Work on Orme
Farm, 3 Miles North

The states land clearing Special"
will be III Ladysmith on May % to give
Il demonstration of the latest and most
efficient methods of stump removal.
| The Special" will be composed of
nine ears, four of which will be loaded
with the latest in land clearing equip
ment including gasoline pullers, horse
power plllerS. and hand-power pullerS.
gasoline and horsepower pliers, and Il
complete dynamite outfit. Trained Op-
orators will he on the field and will
demonstrate the most efficient and
! economical use of the devices.
| f. NJ. Doyle and County Agent IL. NJ.
Jones are making local arrangements.
The demonstration will be on the Geo.
| w. Orme farm 3 miles north of Lady
smith. ome-half mile west of the Fun
ker cheese factory.
The demonstration will begin prompt
| ly ut O'Clock and continue throughout
the day. In case Of heavy rain it is
planned to hold Il special conference in
the cars.
The stump puller crews will explain
to the spectators the reasons for setting
their machines up in particular loca-
tion because of varying conditions.
They will then proceed to pull stumps
using the latest devices to make the
work quicker and easier. Take-ups.
root-hooks, extension cables, and power
pulleys are some of the devices to be
used to aid in efficient work The
principles of each Of the various devices
are brought out. such as Il thorough
explanation of the use of the power
pulley. The demonstrators will show
when it is more economical to use Il
combination of power and dynamite,
either cracking before or after pulling
the stump.
The dynamite demonstrations are
given with three primary purposes in
mind. safety. economy, and efficiency.
The use Of dynamite in all its various
phases will be shown and explained.
A short talk will be given ON every
step in the blasting of Il stump, the
cracking of rock. and the making of
ditch. Practically all demonstra-
tiOnS will be made with 20 per cent dy-
Mantle because of its economical and
efficient qualities. Electric blasting
will be used almost exclusively.
The COnrath home made piler will he
set up and used to pile all the stumps
skidded to it during the course of the
demonstration. The piler will be Oper-
ated and explained for the benefit of
the spectators. The different features
such as the patent trip hook and the
swinging boom will be explained thor
Oughly.
There will be charts on display show
ing the proportion of land cleared in
the past and the need for more cleared
land. There will also be models and
blueprintS of different devices which
can be made at home.
This is the only stop the land clear
ing Special will make in this section
Of the county this year and therefore
about the only opportunity western
Rusk county people will have of seeing
one Of these right-O -On-the-grOmd prac-
tical demonstrations. A good represen-
tatiOn from all parts Of the county is
expected.
This is the fifth train which the Col
lege of Agriculture has operated to
demonstrate up-to-date methods of land
clearing. T he only demonstration
train allowed by the federal govern
ment last year was that run through
Upper Wisconsin last fall on Il similar
mission. The government considered
it so necessary to throw open the mil
lions Of fertile acres to food production
as soon as possible that it permitted
the train to go even in the grave hours
Of war.
"The close of the war has FASTENED
the movement of new settlers to the
cut-over lands" says John Swenehart.
who is in charge of the states land
clearing work. Men are coming who
want to have homes of their own.
They are eager to get their land
cleared as rapidly as possible. To aid
them in making their fields profitable
is the purpose of the Special this
year"
At all Of the twenty stops which the
train will make during May and June,
land will be actually cleared that the
hundreds of farmers may see just what
ways are the most rapid and the best.
Particular stress will be placed upon
the use Of labor saving machinery.
That land clearing has been pro-
crossing in Wisconsin is shown by the
24.052 acres which were cleared in the
year from April, 1917 to April, 1918.