TJVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 



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A Gentleman ( from Maine ) : Mr. President, although 

 I am not a member of the organization here, I thought I would 

 like to give you my ideas on digging holes with dynamite. We 

 took about two oimces of dynamite and broke the stick up, 

 put it in and connected it with a touch fuse, and then it was 

 set off. We set about three thousand trees in about eight days 

 by that method, kept men ahead blowing out the holes in 

 that way. Had about four men doing it. You can see it is 

 very rapid work, and is especially serviceable in hard, rough 

 land that is suitable for an orchard, but where the digging 

 would be pretty hard under ordinary circumstances. 



President Rogers : How long ago did you begin that 

 work? 



]\Iaine Gentleman : About three years ago, and I think 

 at the present time that it is regarded as one of the good meth- 

 ods in the state of ]\Iaine. I am not selling dynamite or any- 

 thing like that, but I just thought I would like to add this to 

 the discussion. If any of you are interested, you can get fur- 

 ther information about it by writing Mr. W. B. Parker, Exeter, 

 Maine. It is done very cheaply. Of course, it costs more than 

 the old method, but on hard land it beats the old method. I 

 think everything, all told, it can be done for pretty nearly 

 half what it would cost to set the trees out in hard, rocky soil 

 by the old method. 



Mr. Ives : I would like to ask, in using that to blow up 

 stiTmps with, whether you bore holes in the stump or put it 

 under the stump ? 



President Rogers : Somebod^■ brought tliat up a few 

 minutes ago. For blowing out a stump with dynamite you 

 merely take your bar and run a hole underneath your stump, 

 and then put the dynamite under. I prefer to do it when the 

 ground is wet and not dry. Put the dynamite underneath the 

 stump from three points. When making your holes to put it 

 in have your bar come to a point together in the center, and 

 then put your dynamite in about equal distances apart in the 



