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Fi.i?. 1. l*iliuji t>tumps with a Derrick before Buruinff. 



vimier dry farming methods. Irrigation 

 is needed for intensive farming. 



Methods of Clearing: Small timber is 

 slashed and underbrush grubbed and 

 burned. It is better to do this a year in 

 advance of pulling the stumps but in 

 practice it is usually done just ahead of 

 the clearing crew. Dynamite is used to 

 split and loosen the stumps, which are 



then pulled with horse pullers. They are 

 then piled with a derrick and burned. 

 The land is then worked down with discs 

 and spring tooth harrows. The smaller 

 roots and rubbish are gathered with 

 horserakes and burned. Leveling is done 

 with fresno scrapers. Cost of clearing 

 runs all the way from $37.98 to $139.00 

 per acre. 



Table ><>. 1— Spring, 1910 



Cost of planting 62S acres, spring of 1910: 



Day labor cost $2.50 per day; man and team, $5.50 per da.v. Cost of trees not in- 

 cluded in any table. 



Total $5.06 per acre or $ii.062 per tree. 



