The diamond drill., 1921-09-24

this center flat, the cedar and balsam
OF the narrow swamps serving TO sepa-
rate the center flat from the other two.
Not hill breaks the surface OF any
one OF these three flats. but the surface
OF the west flat IS more uneven than
either OF the other two
The soil of these three flats is
sand clay loan with gravel sub-soil.
The land is designed for grass crops
only and the swampy east flat ought
TO produce fine grass.
Mr.. Schultz tells me that consider
able drainage work will have TO be
done. but that is consideration for
the future.
The most imposing structure at
headquarters is the big hay barn des-
igned to house $50 tons Of hay. It's base
line is e5 1876 feet. the roof being the
a. type. covered with steel On each
side OF the hay NOW are quarters for
the horses OF the ranch.
To the west of the big hay barn,
about 400 feet, lies the ranch gardens.
where several acres are substantially
fenced in and where fine potatoes. corm
and other garden vegetables are
grown.
To the northwest OF the barn, about
300 feet is the machine. tool and work
house. building about 90 feet long
and 20 feet wide. entirely covered with
corrugated steel. 1t is dived into a
partments for blacksmith shop, car
penter shop. tool shed and stalls for
the five tractors that are employed on
the ranch, four Holts and one Titan.
East of this building, about 200 feet,
is the bunk house. chuck house, and
kitchen, where the 1876 men employed
on the property are housed and fed.
Just north Of this building is the store
house and cooler for keeping food
stuffs
At the north end OF the ranch gar
dens in little grove is a trim little
bungalo, which Is the home OF the
ranch foreman and To the north OF all,
on a rise OF ground about twenty feet
above the level of the other buildings,
Is the ranch house where Mr. Schultz
will live when II is ready for occu-
pancy and where the visitors TO the
ranch will be welcomed in true west
ern style.
In addition there Is a small shin
gle mill and a sawmill, all OF the tim
Der used In the buildings having been
manufactured on the place with the
tractor engines furnishing the power
The most important and most inter-
esting work being done right now is
the land clearing which is being car
ried on at very rapid pace. Powder
is used entirely by Mr.. Schultz in his
stumping operations. He tells me that
he finds It far cheaper in the long run
10 use sufficient powder TO entirely re-
move the stump and so smash II so
that II can be handled readily. Where
a man Is putting his own time into
ridding his land OF stumps. Mr. Schultz
thinks A might be profitable for him
TO use only powder enough 10 smash
up the stumps and then pull them out
but where large operations, such al he
has, are being carried on, powder Is
the cheaper II takes Just about three
times the amount OF powder on the
average 10 blow the stump completely
out of the ground than II does to split
the stump for pulling, but the saving
In labor. both OF men and teams, nee
essary I'm the pulling and piling of
the stump afterward, more than makes
up for the extra powder used.
The workmen attack the stumped
land IN successive waves. The first
wave consists OF the blasters who lay
out their lend in blocks. All OF the
stumps in block are holed and
charged and the blasting done so that
IL will not interfere with the work OF
the other men. When one block Is
blasted the men move 10 another block
and they are followed by the mop.
pers up" then the men who clean up
the derbis. These men pick up the logs
and broken parts OF the stumps, cut
the brush and remove the down tim.
Der. The debris Is loaded on stone
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Is piled up and burned.
Then comes the "fillers in" men and
teams who fill in the holes made by
the blasting operations; slushers being
used for that work The knobs are
scraped off and hauled into the hol-
lows. The land IS then ready for the
pillow This breaking plow Is mounted
on trucks. a two wheel truck AZ the
beam or forward end and one wheel
on the follow end. the latter tracking
along IN the furrow The plows are
hrli,f by five-ton Holt caterpiher
sr ors and turn over burrows is
aches in width. The plows average
four acres OF the rough breaking each
and Will do where the ground II
smoother. They will turn over eight
to ten acres per day OF land that has
once been plowed.
Next. the land Is gone over with a