IMPLEMENTS FOR EXTRACTING STUMPS. 



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The divider (Fig. 337, p. 595) will be described as a tool used 

 for splitting staves. Other tools and machines used for split- 

 ting firewood into small pieces in towns are not woodcutters' 

 implements. 



A method of felling trees by using a platinum wire heated 



Tlui 



Fig. 127. 



cleaving-axe. 



The Vienna clravin'_ r -.'ixc. 



The 



to a white heat by electricity is described in L<' Jnrdin for 

 December, 1895. By its means tho tret) is severed more easily 

 and rapidly than by the saw; no sawdust is made, and the 

 slight charring produced by the burning wire preserves the 

 wood. This method is said to be eight times as speedy as 

 when a saw 7 is used. 



4. 



for K.ctrnct'nuj ami ,S'/>///////// Stump* and 

 Roots. 



Implements of a very simple nature are used in converting 

 the parts of a tree which are above ground; those used for 

 extracting and converting the stumps and roots are much 

 more complicated. 



(a) Simple Grubbing Implements. The simplest tools used 

 for grubbing-out roots are tbe mattock, tbe pick, the pick-axe 

 and the grubbing-axe. Also short saws wedges, crowbars are 



