Land Value Increased $130.00 per Acre 



WHITESIDE, KANSAS, February 21, 1912. 



In reference to the wet land shot for me by Mr. A. G. Crabb: 

 There never has been any water stand on this land since shooting. It 

 cost me about fifteen dollars ($15.00), and I have had as good oats on it as 

 on any of the field. This year it is in wheat, and the wheat looks better where 

 the pond stood than on the rest of the field. 



Before shooting this land was worthless, but I have since refused $130.00 

 I>t*r :i 



GEORGE W. SIEGRIST, 



Hutchinson, Kansas. 



Du Pont Dynamite Saves $435.00 for This Missouri Farmer 

 and Increased Value of His Farm by Increased Crops 



On March 10th, 1911, a large ditch was shot at Diehlstadt, Mo., on the 

 farm of Mr. Max L. Ostner. See opposite page, showing finished ditch and 

 water flowing through it. 



The length of the ditch made was 1,720 feet. Three rows of holes, 3 feet 

 apart each way, were drilled, the rows being staggered. The center row of 

 holes were 3 feet 8 inches deep and the two outside rows 3 feet deep. In each 

 of the centre holes were loaded 3 cartridges, Hercules 50%, \ 1 /^ x 8, and in 

 each of the outside holes 2 cartridges. It was originally planned to fire the 

 entire 1,720 feet of ditch with one set of primer holes, i. e., two holes in 

 each row, these holes being loaded with an extra cartridge, containing the 

 cap and fuse. When fired 500 feet of the ditch was cleaned out, and it 

 developed that there was a dry sand ridge in the centre of the 1,720 feet 

 which extended about 400 feet, this preventing the entire 1,720 feet from being 

 excavated with the one priming. A second primer group was arranged and 

 in this shot 800 feet of ditch was made. Several extra primings were neces- 

 sary to get the dry sand ridge blown out cleanly. There was about 1 foot of 

 water in all the holes blasted with the exception of those in the dry sand ridge. 

 The soil in the remainder of the ditch was a sandy loam with some mixture 

 of clay. 



The ditch made was 16 feet wide at the top, 8 feet wide at the bottom and 

 averaged 4 feet in depth. It was fairly well cleaned out all along. 



The total cost of the ditch was $329.00. There was moved 3,058 cubic yards of 

 material, costing 10.76c. per cubic yard for the entire work, against 25c. per cubic 

 yard if the ditch had been dug by pick and shovel. 



The temperature at the time of demonstration was 62 degrees F., in the 

 sun, and 49 degrees in the shade. The temperature of the water in the holes 

 was 35 degrees Fahrenheit. 



Dynamite Cuts Cost in Two 



Ox AM i A, MINN., Aug. 9, 1911. 



In regard to ditching with dynamite will say. it's grand in wet ground. The 

 ditch dug on my place would cost me at least 80c. per rod, and with dynamite 

 it was less than half; and then such quick work. One minute after loading 

 was done the water came running in like the ditch had been there all the 

 time. I think it was fine. 



Yours very truly, 



PETER PETERSON. 



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