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Show WAYS OF DESTOYING STUMPS Stick of Dynamite or Puller Will Do Work Quickly and Cleanly Burning Also Good. ' Is there any way to kill stumps ami roots of yellow locust, after the treeaj are cut down, to keep then) from Hiick-erlnt; Hiick-erlnt; all ever the land. They vary In size from six to Hghteeti Inches In diameter. I thought of boring holes In them ami filling same with pol-on and corking them up again. Will ti ls prove satisfactory, or is there any better bet-ter way? Answer Host to destroy the stump while you are about It. A slick of dynamite or a stump puller will do this work most quickly and Meanly. If you wish a milder treatment, saltpeter salt-peter has In en recommended. One subscriber who practices this method gives the following directions: "In the fall, say Novembir, borts, an Inch hole down Into the center of the stump 14 or Di inches tb-ep. Put a couple of ounces of saltpeter Into this hole, till with water, u ml plug up tight. In the fpring take out the plug, pour into the hole about half a gill of kerosene oil, ami light It. The stump will bum away slowly, without Ida.-ing. Ida.-ing. to the ends of the roots, leaving not hing but asl.es. |