Show I 1 blasting blaston lowers producing costs specialist tells how flow to remove stumps and boulders bouli 0 on i n farm Lower ln the cost ol of crup crop production by blasting stumps und boulders out of tilled fields to i reduce educe tile lie time lime required tor for jI oWIng cultivating ani harvesting Is a safe ante and all inexpensive practice when certain rules nilea are followed says virgil extension specialist in agricultural at engineering at the state university if dynamite Is handled with the 0 ordinary r precautions arl 1 hanst list ing ind Is as safe as olber furin fann lusk tuska lie he believes care ot of cap crimp nil all calas with cup call rather witti a I 1 pair ol 01 alk ris recommends illers are billit liku ly to crush the cup cap thus cutting oft the powder train inside the fuse and as a result lesii lt the charge is either delayed or does not go off nt at till nil T the lie use of cip cap crampers crim pers Is the blit battels Matt ster els N best fortu of life insurance wid and aid in preventing neel dents most alost accidents in bla aang opera eions me are due to ili investigating vest ign I 1 I 1 tig why charges have hae fallad to RU go oil off it Is best not to investigate tea a deluded delayed charge until a day later auses lie feels should be at least a foot wid inid a hall half long tills this ic berth th allots tile operator pt a minute and a half to le leive t v e tile the stu stump nip or boulder where a blasting in or buttery battery Is used it la Is safest to use wires tit at least buu feet long always fam face the charge so that pieces piece s of stony stone or wool imd be do lodged aged if necessary and never neer smoke while handling lie adark ps es fuse use caps should be kept out of renell of children bursting boulders ln in bursting boulders lie hUng ests Ls that the mud capping method be used tills consists in ili placing of nl I 1 dy on oil tile the stone and putting I 1 about six sit indies inches of wet sticky uius over them blasting Is usually rione done by placing the charge directly U under n der the stump or where there Is n taproot in boring a hole for the charge in the center of the root loot Ilo however wever tf if the wood Is hard tile the charge may be placed close to one side of the root the charge may be tipped tapped with safety after a few lin inches clies ofle of earth arth inne have been placed net to the and mud placed in the hole |