| Show Picric Acid Big Help Hep to Farmer Surplus War Explosive Used to Remove Stumps Stumps Soda Soda Soda- tol Now A Available Prepared by the United State Statu Department of Agriculture Some farmers In 28 states have used picric acid a surplus war explosive says the tho bureau of ot public I roads ads United States D Department of Agriculture which has bas had charge of the distribution These farmers farmers' have used OOOO pounds of ot the explosive to clear 2 acres of ot land and antI to remove stumps from about acres In cultivation It Is estimated that the actual saving to the farmers over the cost of ot commercial explosives has hus amounted to but the actual benefits benefits' have been more far reaching as thousands of small farms have had the acreage of cultivatable land In In- creased The government has also delivered some pounds of picric acid for road construction b by state and federal federal fed fed- eral agencies Now Obtainable The last of the picric acid was disposed disposed disposed dis dis- dis- dis posed of a short time ago but farmers may may ma obtain an explosive which has recen recently y become available and which many farmers say Is Js even better for stumping than thim picric acid The only charge to be made Is for and preparing for shipment and transportation cost which In general general gen gen- eral amounts to about third one-third the cost of an nn equivalent nt amount of dynamite In mo most t states arrangements ments have been made with some agency usually the state agricultural college for distributing dis dIstrIbuting distributing dis dIs- Information as to what age agency cy Is handling the distribution distribution tion In any state can be obtained from county agricultural agents or from the state agricultural college Picric Acid Shipped The total amount of picric acid shipped to the various states Is as follows Alabama t. t lbs Ibs Alaska lbs Iba Arizona 1100 lbs Ibs California lbs Ibs Connecticut lbs Ibs Georgia l Ibs s. s Idaho lbs Ibs Indiana lbs Ibs Iowa rowa owa lbs Ibs Kansas ansas lbs Ibs Kentucky lbs Ibs Louisiana lbs Ibs Maryland d lbs Ibs Michigan lbs Ibs Minnesota lbs Ibs Mississippi lbs Ibs Missouri 1 lbs Ibs Montana lbs Ibs Nebraska lbs Ibs New Nev York lbs Ibs North Carolina Ibs Ohio Ibs lbs Oklahoma lbs Ibs South Car Carolina Una Ibs Tennessee Tenness e. e lbs Ibs Vermont lbs Ibs Washington 7 lbs Ibs Wisconsin Ibs lbs Total lbs Ibs |
