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of the grower, wholesale buyer and 

 consumer." 



The Agency has been organized less 

 than nine months and its total expendi- 

 tures to date are slightly more than five 

 thousand dollars. Within the short 

 time available and with the limited 

 funds at hand it has been the means of 

 bringing into closer co-operation the 

 more important factors in the fruit in- 

 dustry of the Northwest. Its work has 

 been of great value in the dissemina- 

 tion of crop information, in the estab- 

 lishment of a reliable market news 

 service, in its work toward securing 

 better accounting systems, and in its 

 activities in the adjustment of trans- 

 portation problems. 



The program of the Agency must 

 appeal to everyone interested in the 

 industry, be he grower, shipper or re- 

 ceiver. Under its supervision and 

 guidance all legitimate factors in the 

 industry will be properly protected, 

 and it should receive the support of 

 everyone who has the real interest of 

 the fruit industry at heart. 



My Experience in Land Clearing 



By Thomas Cunningham. Farm Manager 

 for the Western Fuel Company. 



IT is my intention in this article to 

 deal particularly with the actual 

 work of land clearing. Much has been 

 said and written on the subject, and 

 still land clearing remains an arduous 

 task. To get ilown to hard facts: There 

 is on eacii acre of land a given quantity 

 of wood to extract from the ground and 

 burn. There is also a given quantity 

 of soil to handle in grading and level- 

 ing the ground to make it suitable for 

 farm implements to do their work on. 

 All this work requires power to accom- 



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plish, whether it he machine power, 

 horse power, manual labor or explosive 

 powders. We cannot get away from 

 these facts. 



Slumping may be divided into five 

 (Ustinct methods: By burning in the 

 ground, destroying by chemicals, dig- 

 ging out by manual hibor, by blasting 

 and then burning or by pulling the 

 stumps and then burning. 



Pulling and Blasting Methods Com- 

 bined. — In an experience gained by 

 clearing some four hundred acres of 

 land I have come to the conclusion that 

 a combination of the two last named 

 methods is the only practical way to 

 clear land. That is to say: Puil out the 

 smaller stumps whole, then blast the 

 larger stump.s and pull out the remain- 

 ing portions, if any, and burn. 



Hand-Power Stump Pullers. — Very 

 recently I gave a demonstration on 

 stump pulling to the members of the 

 Royal Connnis.sion on Agriculture, ap- 

 pointed by the government of British 

 Columbia. In this demonstration I 

 atlached a hand-power stump puller to 

 a fir stump about 20 inches in diameter. 

 This stump wa.s on an open gravelh' 

 soil, and the roots penetrated (piite 

 deep. I pulled it out quite easily in 

 seven anil one-half minutes, the roots 

 being pulled out clean and clear. While 

 pulling the stump (as is my usual cus- 

 tom) I kept a man with a maltock 

 knocking the dirt from the roots as the 

 stump was raised and allowing it to fall 

 back into the hole made by lifting of 

 the stump. By doing this the ground 

 is left nearly level and requires very 

 lillle grading afterward. Naturally, the 

 members of the commission were 

 greallN delighled with the machine, and 

 in order to personally test it Mr. Max- 

 ward, M. P. P., chairman of the com- 

 mission, and Mr. Shannon, one of the 

 nu'ml)ers, took hold of the lever and 

 pirlled out a stump themselves. 



The main iioints of advantage to the 

 farmers about these machines are: 

 Their low cost places them within 

 the reach of all; their cost of opera- 

 tion is small, as they can be operated 

 by one, two or three men, as desired; 



the cost for repairs is practically 

 nothing; their light weight allows of 

 their being easily and quickly moved 

 from one point to another; there is 

 no heavy hauling back of cable, thus 

 making changes from one stump to 

 another very quickly; the slow-travel- 

 ing movement of the pulling cable 

 allows time for the roots to worm 

 themselves clear of the soil, thus 

 making a clean extraction of all roots; 

 they will pull as large or larger 

 stumps than any of the makes of 

 horse-power or steam-power devices, 

 and the high-speed gear will pull 

 small stum])s very fast. 



Briefly speaking, the method I find 

 most satisfactory in land clearing is 

 lo first clear off all underbrush or 

 seconil growth. Next remove all 

 valuable logs and dispose of them. 

 Then pile and burn all valueless logs. 

 Next pull out whole all stumps up to 

 about 20 or 22 inches diameter, al- 

 ways kecjjing a man knocking the soil 

 olf the roots as the stump is being 

 pulled. Then blast the larger stumps 

 and pull out any remaining roots. 

 Then pile and burn and the land is 

 ready for rock picking and plowing. 



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SEASON'S GREETINGS 



"Better Fruit" has received a nuniher (if 

 Season's Greetinj^s. which liave been iinuMially 

 attractive, typosrai^hically aiici artistically, as 

 well as l)eautiflll in sentiment, iiulieatinfi a 

 Iceling of prosperity aiul Koiiil will for Chlist- 

 Mias litUi aiul New Years 1!I17. "netler I'liiil" 

 desires to aeknow lecit;e the receipt of these 

 many rememhrances anil feels especially 

 pleased ami complimented in heins honored 

 this way 1)>- Ihe larj-est inslitntions in the 

 I'nited Stales. 'I'liose re<-eived to date an* as 

 follows : 



'I'he Hndsoii Motor (lar Coinpany, Deli'oit, 

 Michigan, sends out a lar^je folder, beanlifillly 

 and artistically <lom", very hamlsonie in ap- 

 peai-ance, i-einimliii^ one of the excellent ipiali- 

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