Show AUTUMN IS CLEARING TIME FOR FARM LAND Convert All Waste Places Into Revenue Producers Producer Goats oats Sheep or Cattle Are a Favored In Order Named for Keeping Down Sprout Growth Growth Methods Methods for Removing Stumps Stump The weather fair-weather days of ot the autumn afford the farmer an opportunity to undertake the clearing of ot land for tor which he has no time in the busy summer ummer months and ond which can not be bedone bedone done one while the land Is wet In the spring On thousands of ot farms there are re over cut-over tracts which should b be converted com Into revenue producers producers-as as I soon oon as os possible If U the owner deides decides de de- I ides that the land In question Is 18 better beter bet bet- I ter er suited to crop production than to I forest orest growth a careful study of ot the most economical economical method of removing stumps and small growth should be made Most cut over cut over land passes through three three stages stages before reaching Its ts greatest agricultural value The waste vaste and small growth Is disposed of first then It Is allowed ved to remain In stumps for a few v seasons until the smaller mailer stumps are dead and decayed during which time it Is used for pasture pasture pasture pas pas- ture or ormay may be cultivated Finally all II the stumps are removed Generally It Is best to cut brush as close lose as possible to the ground and anel avoid leaving sharp points that might Injure stock However If the wood is of no value value- and the ground Is not tobe tobe to tobe be cultivated before the stumps are removed It may be best to cut cuts the trees rees rather high above the ground If It the he stumps are left three feet high there here will 11 be less sprouting than If It cut low ow down and such stumps are more ore easily pulled The most successful method of keepIng keeping keep- keep Ing ng down sprout growth Is by heavy pasturing by goats sheep or cattle In Inthe Inthe the he order named Any sprouts not killed by pasturing should be cut or knocked off with the head hend of ot an ax ax- There are area a a great varl variety ty of methods methods methods meth meth- used In removing stumps by means tf d burning pullers and dyna dyne mite Farmers' Farmers Bulletin Clearing Land prep prepared red by the United States department of ot agriculture contains Information information In- In formation designed especially for persons persons persons per per- sons Interested In this subject A copy can be had on request |