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  as 
  the 
  hardware 
  dealers 
  have 
  it 
  direct 
  from 
  the 
  Duportt 
  companies. 
  

   By 
  using 
  this 
  Red 
  Cross 
  Farm 
  Powder, 
  less 
  labor 
  is 
  required 
  and 
  

   it 
  doesn't 
  cost 
  very 
  much. 
  For 
  labor 
  and 
  all 
  it 
  will 
  cost 
  you 
  about 
  

   five 
  cents 
  per 
  hole, 
  and 
  that 
  includes 
  the 
  dynamite 
  caps, 
  fuse 
  and 
  

   labor. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Smith: 
  How 
  much 
  do 
  you 
  use? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  That 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  depth 
  

   to 
  which 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  shoot 
  the 
  hole. 
  Nurserymen 
  have 
  different 
  

   opinions 
  on 
  that 
  subject, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  field 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  working 
  they 
  usually 
  go 
  from 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  three 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

   They 
  use 
  one-half 
  stick 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  dynamite, 
  or 
  one 
  quarter 
  

   of 
  a 
  pound 
  as 
  it 
  weighs 
  two 
  sticks 
  to 
  the 
  pound. 
  That 
  should 
  make 
  

   a 
  hole 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  or 
  three 
  feet 
  deep. 
  Fuse 
  is 
  cheap 
  and 
  you 
  

   should 
  use 
  plenty 
  of 
  it. 
  A 
  man 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  governed 
  always 
  by 
  the 
  

   kind 
  of 
  soil 
  he 
  is 
  dealing 
  with. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  In 
  shooting 
  an 
  old 
  apple 
  orchard 
  how 
  deep 
  would 
  

   you 
  go? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  Where 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  working 
  from 
  three 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   to 
  four 
  feet, 
  but 
  as 
  I 
  said 
  before 
  it 
  will 
  depend 
  largely 
  on 
  the 
  soil. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  How 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  tree? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  made 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  In 
  limestone 
  soil, 
  for 
  instance, 
  built 
  up 
  with 
  clay, 
  

   how 
  near 
  the 
  trees 
  would 
  you 
  use 
  the 
  dynamite 
  if 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  loosen 
  

   up 
  the 
  soil? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans 
  : 
  What 
  kind 
  of 
  trees? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  Pecan. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  About 
  six 
  feet. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  is 
  close 
  enough. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  Would 
  you 
  make 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hole 
  around 
  the 
  

   tree? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  Use 
  your 
  own 
  judgment 
  about 
  that. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  How 
  far 
  out 
  will 
  it 
  loosen 
  or 
  break 
  up 
  the 
  ground? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  Probably 
  six 
  feet. 
  You 
  can 
  distinguish 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  

   of 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  it 
  takes 
  place. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Potter: 
  How 
  deep 
  will 
  it 
  be? 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Evans: 
  About 
  a 
  foot 
  deeper 
  than 
  the 
  charge 
  is 
  placed. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  With 
  me 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  thing 
  in 
  using 
  

   dynamite 
  is 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  headache. 
  I 
  used 
  the 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  at 
  first 
  

   and 
  it 
  had 
  no 
  effect. 
  I 
  had 
  heard 
  of 
  its 
  causing 
  headaches 
  and 
  knew 
  

   some 
  people 
  couldn't 
  use 
  it 
  but 
  I 
  thought 
  I 
  was 
  immune. 
  Then 
  I 
  

   began 
  to 
  use 
  70 
  or 
  80 
  per 
  cent 
  and 
  I 
  got 
  knocked 
  out 
  for 
  

   twenty-four 
  hours. 
  The 
  more 
  I 
  used 
  it 
  the 
  more 
  susceptible 
  I 
  be- 
  

   came. 
  When 
  I 
  went 
  back 
  to 
  handling 
  the 
  lower 
  percentages 
  I 
  got 
  

  

  