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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



REMOVING TREES—" GRUBBING 



WAY— HOW 



OME years ag-o an effective contrivance 

 was patented for pulling- small trees 

 by horse-power. We think the ma- 

 chine is not now manufactured, and in any 

 case the common method of " g^rubbing " is 

 found to be cheapest and most satisfactory, 

 says the Country Gentleman. The accom- 

 panying diagrams will help to explain the 

 method most commonly in vogue. The 

 writer has grubbed many acres of land simi- 

 lar to that described by the method herein- 

 after recommended, and therefore is able to 

 speak about it intelligently. 



Provide a good heavy yoke of oxen — 

 horses or mules can be used, but they are 

 not entirely satisfactory. Two log chains 

 seven to ten feet each, a driver and a grub- 

 ber will be required. If the tree is some- 

 what large, the grubber cuts off one or more 

 of the roots. 



The oxen are started and the operator 

 readily sees where the roots rise on the op- 

 posite side. While they are under strain 

 one quick, well directed blow with the sharp 

 end of the grubbing 

 hoe will sever the root. 

 The smaller roots will 

 be dragged out. If 

 the tree should be tap- 

 rooted, a little earth 

 may have be to re- 

 FiG. 2195. moved, and as the tree 



is on a strain it is severed by means of an axe 

 or the hoe. 



THE BEST AND CHEAPEST 

 TO DO IT. 



The oxen should be driven at a sharp 

 angle with the outer border of the wood. 

 As one tree is removed another is hooked, 

 and so on until the end of the wood is 

 reached, when a reverse operation takes 

 place. This is to obviate the necessity of 

 backing the oxen and of removing the tree 

 after it is pulled to a distance sufficient to 

 allow the tree to be pulled down at right 



Fig. 2196. 



angles to the border of the wood. 



It is readily seen that if the oxen are 

 driven in a direction nearly parallel with the 

 border of the wood but a narrow place will 

 have to be kept clear. 



The grubbing hoe should be made of the 

 best of steel, well tempered, and be kept 

 sharp by grinding once a day. 



THE WIND AS A DISTRIBUTOR OF POLLEN. 



IT HAS been said that anything can be not with the experiments, but with the con- 

 proved by statistics. The proof seems elusions drawn from them. 

 .::^ conclusive, for figures cannot be dis- The above reflections were caused by 

 puted. In a similar way, all sorts of things reading an account of some experiments 

 are proved by experiments. The trouble is recently made by an eminent eastern horti- 



