| Show REMOVAL OF objectionable STUMPS BY USE OF DYNAMITE IS MUST MOST economical 4 N M lv N ta getting land into shape by blowing out stumps Wre prepared pared by the united states depart anent ot of agriculture can be used to in most laud lather alono or in ili voni with burning methods or 01 pullers bullers pul lers explosives if used ly will materially reduce the lie cost of stumping dynamite Is a means of rapid clear ing and when hen it Is used there la Is no capital tied up in idle machinery the lie cle adrig Is completed if it Is not lot poablo blo to reduce the nere cost for or stumping machinery to it it 11 reasonably reasonable figure Is the most economical ni ethod except perhaps tile burning ineth methods to uso use in stumping small if in ili doubt whether r to use lisp dna inloe in I 1 to alono alone in stumping it Is advisable to get a 25 or CO 50 pound box end and exper lafont to find how much it requires quites re to blow 0 out ut sonie some average stumps on tile tract llo wever it is usually y found ineil economical to life ili than to depend upon labor for doing the M work 01 s it Is difficult to clear the cartia from tile roots loots of stumps in clay sell boll where stumps tire shot cleav clear of tile ground there Is less a adhering earth than chero cro they ari ar cracked and pulled perhaps in ili clay soil it would mould bo inert to shoot tile stumps stump of the grou grouia lid cost of explosives if explosives tire nrc bought in small quantities the lie cost Is rather high to reduce the tl cost it Is that several Beveri il farmers club together and buy in large quantities careful export encee persons can safey safely do the work with high explosives but no ono one should attempt to uso use them until lio lie thoroughly understands tile best and safest methods of handling various brands brand of exploit rewire re Wirt ri different methods of handling an and lull and de detailed information as ah to the best ways ot of using them the ill Is absolutely essential for 1 r this the reader leader Is advised to study with extreme care the instructions issued by tho the manufacturer of tile tho brand of explosive which he proposes to use it if dynamite Is to bo be handled ili li col cold a i we neither ither study very cry carefully tile the man instruction tj on thawing dynamite many accidents have imp hap opened through ignorance or carelessness in thawing the blasting caps capi tire lire much more sensitive than the alie dy itself and should be handled with ft ath great care A cap Is an inexpensive tool and its use uio may pre yeuit yent serious accidents best time to blast the 0 he be beit ft time to blast stumps Is when the ground Is saturated with witter the ox plosive explosive works most edl kintly then because the gasis gases result ing front from the explosion do not escalo through tile the spaces between the soil 1 particles articles an ali explosive containing a low lov percentage of nitroglycerin will do tile laino work in wet soil ns as one contain ing a higher percentage would do in tie lie saine soil boll when dry do dynamite with 20 per cent of nitroglycerin or its cn ul valent Is used almost exclusive ly the pacific const it could ho a ewd effectively for stumping operations in ciany other parts of lie united states especially where the soil boll Is clavy hm wet vt or where diore the stinnis are well ell decayed dynamite alth with 40 per c nt nitroglycerin Is largely used in tile the south for blasting tho the longleaf lon gleat pine and tho the lake states for white alto pine in many luany cases a lower grade of explosive could he be profitably substituted tit tho 0 JO 10 per cent grade should be used whore the lie soil Is somewhat light and dry or chere the stumps ore are green the CO per cent grade of dynamite lins been wel with good success in blasting stumps in the porous coral soils bolls ot 0 southern florida in fit blasting stumps at a dry time in ili sandy soil and in blasting tough green hardwood stumps tito higher percentage dynamites unites fikely alkil to pack heavy lieal soil if used when han it I 1 Us 14 very wet llo the number of pounds or required to shoot a stump vicar ilear of the ground Is the same amo as aa 1 ilia ho square of the number of feet in tit tin diameter of the stump tit nt tho cut IT iff for en a 2 foot s stump will 0 quire four pounds pound and we one Q t ajeet feet in in diameter will require 16 pounds often less will all do tile tho work but oc wore more Is required all fac tors tois such as kind and soun drien of tile ho stumps and kind and condition of ho he soil influence the amount of oc sire required for a stump of given size loud reports and the throwing of 0 parts of the stump high in the air indicate tin excessive charge firing charges by electricity tho the electrical method of aring blasts ii beginning to ho be extensively used in firing charges by tills this method tho follow lowilla ing equipment Is needed one blasting machine SOO feet of double lending leading wire to reach froni from tile stumps to tile blunting blasting machine some connecting wire to connect tile stumps boget together 1 in a ser seil PR arid and clec electric detonator d eto in III place of the V caps a is fuses fus ea used in III ord luary blasting firing by electricity jt lias has many advantages over the cap and ruse fuse method the hanger danger of pre pie explosions Is trendy grealy ref reduced sliced arid the linger flanger from delayed explosions it Is entirely protin bly more people lime have been injured in stilluf sti pingting bing ting ly by too hasty In tion of a delayed explosion ilia alinn n front from tiny other cause when using tit alio cap ca 1 anil and fuse in ethod the safe rule to follow whon ft charge does not exit explode na as expected Is to keep away front from the locality until the next day where tit alio stumps stamps have been severely burned anre badly decayed hollow have several large roots or cicro where it Is 13 necessary to blast stumps so benr to cach other that the ho explosion of a clif charre irge under one stump would mould loosen the earth under tho the adjacent jacent nd one tha use of the blasting machine lne will save dynamite arid result in better work being done than it if the cup call and fuse fugo are used it if the stumps lave havo been partially burned out by any of the burning processes previously described the roots can best be blown out by clr ing tho the charges with a blasting ma el clione lille |
