The diamond drill., 1922-03-10

takes five sticks or powder to crack
n stump so that IL can be pulled BY
adding from three 10 ten sticks 10
this amount you have your stump.
unless Il is an exceptionally large one.
completely blown out SO that YOU
have no trouble in removing il with a
team or clearing the dirt off OF tho
/ roots after IL has been pulled. The
time required for putting in a few
sticks TO crack a stump, or putting
in full charge To blast il out COM
pletely is about the same III frag-
ments OF roots are left. which fire.
quently occurs, they can easily be
pulled with team. Figuring dyna-
mite at $500 per cwt fifteen sticks
would cost SLIP. II would be imposs-
ible To move your stump pulling rig.
set II up, pull the stump. free the
roots from dirt. and get il In such
shape that ie could be handled by a
team for the cost OF the powder where
wages are from $1,000 to SG5.00 as
they were at the time we did our
clearing Furthermore in order TO use
a stump puller, one must have guy
line fastened to something substantial
that will Withstand the pressure OF
pulling large stump. In expert
menting with pulling. We often times
found that our anchor gave way be-
fore the stump that we were trying To
pull, Another difficulty being that the
stumps were such distance apart
that Il would require too long
cable to reach from the anchor to the
stump
After our stumps are blasted, two
pull-out teams follow. pulling out all
the roots and getting them out OF tho
holes so that the teams following
with stoneboats can load the refuse
without difficulty, and haul Il away
10 the piles FOR burning. Another al
vantage in using the powder is the
fact that the stumps are shattered
and will dry rapidly when subjected
to the wind and sun, whereas II would
require years to dry out large
solid stump sufficiently so that Il
would burn up entirely
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been picked up, two or three teams
are usd in filing the blasted holes
with earth and cutting OF the high
sharp knolls so that tractor ana
drag or leyeler can pass over the land.
This makes il possible 60 do a better
job OF plowing and with less danger
OF breaking either the tractor or
plow in going through the blasted
holes. or passing over the sharp hum
moeks. We use Ton Holt Cater
pillar tractors and Jumbo Lacrosse
Grub Breaker Flows. and find them
very successful tor this work.
Following the plow we have a 10
Ton Holt Caterpillar tractor with a
large heavy drag, which levels TO
considerable extent the large furrows
made by our %" plows. After the
drag has passed over the land once
a team follows picking up the roots
which are plowed up and left on top
OF the ground after IL was passed
over willis the drag We then go over
the dragged land, double discing II
with large tractor disc. Following
the disc we again run over the ground
with a drag which makes II level
enough for the harrow and drill. AT
ter the land has been drilled, we run
over II with roller 20 crush the
small roots into the ground as much
as possible, and TO prevent the unnec-
essary breaking OF machinery when
running over IL with a mower. At the
same time, land that Is first plowed
and seeded the same year. will retain
its moisture TO better extent. and Il
also has tendency 10 crush the
grass seed into the ground so that
the seed will germinate more quickly
and have an opportunity OF roofing
more deeply.
We have also cleared some bottom
or marsh land lying near the river.
,,e have selected such land that has
ben burnt over from time 10 time and
has minimum amount of growing
brush on IT, In clearing this land we
simply cut all OF the brush, roots.
and stumps under the surface of the
ground so that IL can be passed over
Will HUNT duI NAlfi
then seed Il into timothy. red top.
and alsike clover. Usually II this
swamp land has been freed Of brush
and stumps. We seed IL by hand II the
ground Is too Wet for drill. then
run over Il With a tractor and disc.
followed by barrow and roller II
possible. Last year We seeded sixty
five acres IN this manner and got
very excellent stand OF grass. II would
be impossible 10 plow tn class OF
lend un II Il had been thoroughly
drained for several years.
II viii be our policy not 70 disturb
this and with plow - long az
we 2 e able TO raise good crop OF
hay on Il. as the constant utting over