2. FOR SWAMP WORK. In swampy or wet grounds any 

 other method of stump removal is out of the question. Red Cross 

 Dynamite will do the work anywhere man can place it. 



Land Cleaned, Drained and Subsoiled at One Operation 

 and at One Cost 



I have had quite some experience with dynamite for blasting stumps and 

 have had great success. Altogether, I have cleared about twenty acres of 

 600 gum and cypress stumps from one to five feet in size, using Du Pont 

 Red Cross 40 per cent. Dynamite. 



Dynamite is the cheapest way to clear land by half and more, and if it is 

 done right and in tight land, it loosens it up so water sinks and the air gets in 

 and makes it produce much better. 



Morrilton, Ark. 



3. SPEED OF OPERATION. One man with a reasonable 

 amount of skill should be 'able to blast out THREE stumps during 

 the time employed in taking one out by any other means, as there is 

 no waste of time and labor cost in cutting the roots, breaking of ma- 

 chinery, etc. 



Why Red Cross Dynamite is Faster Than Stump Puller 



I have used both the stump puller and Red Cross Dynamite, but have 

 abandoned the stump puller because it costs too much in labor and breakage, 

 and, worst of all, it is too slow. Try as you may, you will be compelled to dig 

 out and cut the biggest roots, as there are no stump-pullers made strong enough 

 to pull stumps of any size without digging and cutting anchor roots. 



Nature made the stump and anchor roots on which the tree stood sufficiently 

 strong to resist any ordinary storms, and it is but rarely that you see a tree 

 uprooted by anything less than a tornado. Now if we are going to uproot 

 or remove this stump by a pull, we will have to get one stronger than any 

 it has ever before been subject to, before the tree was cut. In other words, 

 we will have to make a chain stronger than the tempest, a cable rope and 

 machinery stronger than the winds, not to mention the rules of leverage, as 

 the wind gains power on the stump by the height and amount of limbs 

 on the tree. The stump puller does not have any advantage in that respect, 

 as it should remove the stump by a direct pull, and an ordinary stump will 

 resist an enormous strain. 



Dynamite works to the contrary; its work is underneath the stump, with a 

 sudden jerk and an explosion bursting the roots before they have a chance to 

 resist any power. 



As to comparison of costs in the two methods : With a puller, it requires 

 about three men, one team, and costly repairs. A machine, no matter how 

 strongly made, when subjected to violent strains will weaken and some parts 

 of it will break. Now, a good day's work with puller and gang (10 hours), 

 three men at $2 $6; one team at $1, totaling $7 per day besides repairs, will 

 remove not over fifteen stumps, more often not over ten. 



With dynamite, the same amount of men and other expense will remove 

 in the same length of time at least forty stumps, and, besides removing the 

 stumps and breaking them up into pieces more easily handled, will also, while 

 it blasts a stump, break up hardpan if any exists. 



CLAUD HANSEN, 



Jamestown, Kan. 



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