Show STUMP SPUTTER SPLITTER IS UNIQUE old method of using wedge or dynamite improved upon by largo large conical screw the usual method of 0 removing stumps of trees from the ground ts Is to split them by the use of 0 a wedge or a blast of dynamite says scientific american the accompanying wait 10 i N I 1 Z 7 kiy unique stump splitter shows a new method it consists in screwing a wedge into the top of the stump the wedge Is in reality a large conical screw provided at its ita lower end a fine thread used for starting the cone into the wood the s shaft aft of the screw to Is provided with a hand wheel by which it may be stead led and turned extending laterally from the shaft Is a long arm at the end of which a Is coupled A horse may be hitched to the tree to turn the shaft and screw the cone into the stump when the stump Is too large for the threaded cone on the shaft to split effectively another cone section may be added after the stump liis been split by means of the cone into a number of small parts these parts can easily bo be excavated anil and removed |