Red Cross Superseding Stump Puller Everywhere 



It is a matter of considerable interest, to one who takes the trouble 

 to investigate it, to see how Red Cross Dynamite is superseding the 

 stump puller in land-clearing operations. Wherever the two methods 

 have come into close competition, the latter has been completely van- 

 quished. Says a prominent Farmers' Institute man, in an article in the 

 Minneapolis Farmers' Institute Annual for 1908: "After using the 

 stump puller for years I have laid it aside and shall never take it to the 

 field a^ain, simply because I cannot afford to use it." We quote from the 

 report of an Eastern Experimental Farm: ''There is a contractor who 

 has for a long time claimed that he can clear land much cheaper and better 

 with a stump puller than with dynamite. We determined to have it 

 proven to us and so signed a contract to have 10 acres cleared in 30 

 days. It is now 60 days and the stumps are partially out of about 2 

 acres. In fact the remaining roots are so numerous that it is almost 

 impossible to plow. Dynamiters go in next week." 



A bulletin from an Experimental Farm in the Lake States cut-over 

 region, says: "Dynamite is now used almost exclusively by men who 

 have "made a study of clearing land. It is surely the quickest, easiest, 

 and most practical way to remove stumps and boulders yet known." 



Without commenting on such unquestioned and authoritative state- 

 ments, let us consider a few of the advantages obtained by using Red 

 Cross Dynamite. 



1. FRAGMENTATION AND DISPOSAL. Dynamite not only 

 removes the stump but also breaks it into pieces which are easily 

 handled. When stumps are pulled, they cannot be disposed of other- 

 wise than by burning in the field. Often this is rendered difficult by 

 the dirt which pulls up with and remains attached to the stump. 

 Dynamite so shatters the stumps that all dirt is removed and a great 

 quantity of excellent fuel is gotten from the fragments. 



$30.00 Worth of Red Cross Dynamite Increases Value of 

 Farm From $25.00 per Acre to $75.00 



I have recently finished clearing out oak, chestnut, poplar and walnut 

 stumps ranging from eight inches to eight feet in diameter, on all of which I 

 used 40 per cent. Red Cross Extra Dynamite. 



This work cost me, including the labor, on an average of 30 cents per 

 stump or $30 per acre ; while by any other method the work would have 

 cost at least 50 cents per stump or $50 per acre. Furthermore, this land was 

 worth but $25 per acre before stumping it, while its present value is from 

 $60 to $75. 



These stumps were mostly large; some were eight feet across, but I took 

 them out with ten and twelve sticks of dynamite. I don't think much of the 

 stump puller ; the ones on which the stump puller was used had to be dynamited 

 before I could remove them, using as high as five sticks on some to get them 

 torn up. We have tried most all ways of getting them out and find Red Cross 

 Dynamite the best. 



C. E. SMITH, Afton, Tenn. 

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