Show there are various ways of destroying stumps it if time Is an object stumps can be removed quickly by use of dynamite or a stump puller but either method entails considerable work and eapen expense se says pathfinder magazine if the process can be stretched out over several weeks they can be removed with little expense or effort fire Is the agent used but several weeks of treatment are n necessary before the entire stump Is made inflammable the treatment consists of boring several vertical holes into the top of the stump filling them with saltpeter and then adding h hot ot water the chemical will gradually radu aly be carried to all parts of the stump and as the holes empty they should be r refilled L after about four weeks during which time the holes have been refilled about three times the stump Is ready to burn due to the saltpeter the fire will even follow the deep roots and consume them |