Show FAR S OF OLD STUMPS STOMPS where tough obstacles are removed land Is Aval available lafile for crop cultivation THERE IS NO BEST METHOD pine and ftp fir are very resistant to decay and roots will remain sound for lifetime best to clear field gradually prepared by the united states department t of agriculture stumps occupy valuable land foster the growth of woods weeds since in order to keep the land la in their vicinity clean much hard labor la is necessary mar the appearance of otherwise smooth fields and hence reduce the selling price of it farm furnish shelter for harin harmful ful insects and animals and prevent the use of modern machinery stumps may bo be removed gy b y burning by explosives by mechanical means or by a combination of any or till nil these three methods there is no best method of ridding land of stumps and the selection of a method for their removal should bo be determined only after a consideration of factors involved hardwoods easier to remove most hardwoods decay so that they can easily ho be removed within ten years from the he time of logging provided the stumps are kept from sprouting most pine and fir stumps on the other band are very resistant to decoy decay their main roots will remain sound ti a lifetime tile the dinall roots of tiny any str sti ap lip will decay in a fey few years and with them out of the way the cost of stumping Is reduced often it Is best beat to stump the field par partially rather titan than to attempt to get all tho stumps out at one time thue for instance in a field where there are a few larre stumps scattered about and many smaller ones it might bo be advis able at first to remove only the smaller ones onen sometimes just bythe by the removal of a few troublesome stumps that obstruct A duct the way one can do fair work in cultivating a stump field it to ta considered more expensive to remove a stump that tins has burned to the surface of the ground that a similar sound pound stump in order to pull such a burned stump it Is feces 4 ot fir and cedar stump land good soil but very expensive to clear sary to dig the earth away in order to attach tile ho pulling cables cubles or if a root hool lg Is used considerable time will be lof in guting each root separately separates separ atee ir if a burned stump to Is to bo be removed by dynamite several charges will be necessary with the unburned stump it 11 single charge of explosive Is usually sufficient to shoot it clear of tile ground or to crack it so that it can an be removed with h puller stump shump with sound top it also require ii li less iss power to pull a portion ot of a clump with ft ath a sound top than a similar without such it 11 top because of the greater leverage which cau call ijo obtained by hitching at tile the top op when the lie top of a st stump U P Is decayed and the roots are still sound it Is ashard as hard to remove oa as one burned to tho the ground tup top rooted stumps that cannot be burned in the ground may be pulled entire or shuttered shattered with dynamite and ai pulled or else blasted clear ot of the ground by explosives it if blasted the dynamite would best bo be placed in a hole bored in tho the top tap root when an electric blasting outfit la Is used good work can cabbe bo done by placing charges charge s on opposite sides of the tap root and |