| Show BURNER TO DESTROY STUMPS made from steel of old abandoned food cooker and joint of pipe cost the rather peculiar device shown in the illustration herewith was made by a vernon county missouri farmer for or destroying stumps anil and we are in A practical stump burner formed that it proved much more than expected so far as aa getting rid of the old stumps were concerned says homestead the cost to make this stump burner was and it was made as follows followay fol lowa the steel jacket from an old abandoned food cooker was used for tho the lower part and the square part for the top was bought from a local tinner it and the joint of pipe costing 12 05 they are both a little heavier than ordinary sheet iron in operation the device ts is placed over the stump and a fire built around same with wath anything that may bo be handy tor for fuel in some cases chips were used in others old rails anti and in still others pieces were split from the stumps themselves not only did the burner cons consume urne the entire stump in a short time but in many cases the roots were burned out far down in the ground A similar burner might be constructed from many things that are every year thrown in the scrap heap and it if the necessary material could not be found in tho the scrap heap any tinner tanner would build one tor for a small sum and your stumps would be burning while you were doing something else the boys would a simply imply love to operate one of these burners at least until tho the novelty wore off and possibly tho the promise of a small sum of money when the last stump was burned out would prolong the novelty tor for a sufficient lelent time to do the business |
