1858. 



NEW ENGL lO) FARMER. 



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HALL'S HAND POWER STUMP MACHINE. 



AVe give above an illustration of a new Hand 

 Power Sttimp MacJiine. Having no knowledge 

 whatever of its merits, we give Mr. Hall's own 

 account of it, merely saying that we have exam- 

 ined the machine with some care, and can see no 

 good reason why it will not prove valuable when 

 put in operation. Mr. Hall says, "That two 

 men can carry it about the field from one stump 

 to another, and draw the largest pine stumps out 

 of the ground by hand power, without digging 

 around the stump or cutting any roots. All 

 stump machines heretofore are objectionable for 

 their high cost, great weight, expense of operat- 

 ing, unwieldy dimensions, &c.; but mine is supe- 

 rior for the following reasons : — First, — it is 

 much cheaper — a great consideration to farmers 

 on new land. Price $50 for No. 2, and right to 

 use. Second, — it is much lighter, requiring no 

 team of oxen or horses to remove it from one 

 stump to another. Two men can carry it in their 

 hands. Third, — It requires no team to operate 

 it ; two men can work it by hand, and extract 

 more stumps, and at very much less expense, gen- 

 erally requiring about two minutes to take up a 

 common stump. Fourth, — It can be used when 

 and where the ground is wet and soft, and does 

 not punch up the grass field as with a heavy 



team. Fifth, — It is very simple in its construc- 

 tion and not liable to get out of order, and so 

 small that it can be housed as conveniently as a 

 plow or wheelbarrow. Sixth, — It will take up 

 every stump in the field, not requiring one to an- 

 chor to, as is usual with the best stump machines. 

 Seventh, — It does not turn the stump over, there- 

 by taking up a large quantity of earth from one 

 place and heaping it up on another, as is usual 

 with other stump pullers, but leaves the stump 

 poised at a convenient distance from the ground, 

 until the soil can be rattled off the roots into the 

 bed of the stump, saving the labor of shovelling 

 the heap back into the hole in order to leave the 

 field smooth. Three men will pull iip from 50 to 

 100 large pine stumps per day after they have 

 worked two or three days to get their hand in, 

 thus costing about six cents per stump, for such 

 as usually cost from fifty cents to one dollar each. 



Horse Radish — (CocJielaria armoracia.) — 

 This plant is commonly cultivated by planting 

 ndiings taken from the top, or by small offsets 

 from the sides of the main root, so divided as to 

 retain a portion of the crown. The cuttings or 

 offsets thus obtained should be planted out in 



