Show 01 d 1 i RoADAND F ARM ii HoMEMADE STUMP PULLER Contrivance for the Extermination of Grubs of all Kinds from Big Pine Down This part of Michigan Is yet new so we have a great many stumps to deal with of all kinds and sizes from the monstrous pine down to the small hardwood or grubs as the latter nre called hero The Illustration shows the general construction of a kind of machine which Is In general use here for pulling stumps says a writer In tho Rural Now Yorker I cannot glvo sizes because they are made In all sorts to suit the work they have to do The timbers for legs etc I I A Stump Puller do not need to bo sawed or hewed n round polo will do as well If It Is only stout enough A blacksmith can make the irons and any farmer who is handy with tools can put one up the ono thing Important to know being that every part must be very strong and rigid as the strain Is something Immense The tackle block at tho bottom bot-tom on the shoe Is single the others may be double triple or oven quadruple according to tho power needed to do the work The large clevis hanging from tho lever can be changed to different holes as shown to glvo more or less power ns needed The tackle blocks should be iron or steel and a halfInch wire cable Is much better than a hemp rope The way to use the apparatus will readily suggest Itself from tho picture |