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and the barn a stratum of ground, 

 composed of large stones and clay, 

 hammered into place, it might be 

 said, by the wear and tear of years; 

 therefore, dynamiting, as an easy 

 way out, was decided upon. One- 

 third of a stick was used for each 

 shot with one and a half foot of 

 fuse. Two men made the holes 

 and one man cut and prepared 

 the charges, and two men placed the 

 charges in the bore holes. Two 

 hundred and fifty trees were planted 

 in two days with this force. 



The nursery had ofTered a price 

 of $1.50 each for the planting when 

 they realized the obstacles they 

 were up against. The total cost 



of planting with dynamite, including 

 the cost of it, was $98.50. Only 

 nineteen trees were lost out of the 

 two hundred and fifty, and that 

 was more due to the fact that that 

 year was the driest summer that 

 we had had in forty years. 



The next year the trees made 

 a foot of new wood. Some of the 

 evergreens were ten feet in height. 

 Two years have now gone by since 

 the planting was done and the 

 trees planted with dynamite are 

 a foot taller than trees of larger 

 size which were planted a year 

 previous to this planting but with 

 pick and shovels. 



A Log Castle Built by One Man 



This is a picture of "Sterling 

 Castle," — not the original in Scotland, 

 but an improvement, built by Mr. 

 James McQuot, a hermit of White 

 Otter Lake, Western Ontario. Mr. 

 McQuot settled on White Otter Lake, 

 in the wilds some forty miles north 

 of Rainy Lake, about fourteen years 

 ago, and immediately started to 

 build this structure, which has but 

 recently been completed. He cut 

 the timber, dragged the logs to the 

 building site, and put every log 

 in place without any assistance what- 

 ever; in fact, he would have no 

 assistance from any one. 



The "hermit" is well known among 

 the trappers and loggers in that 

 part of Ontario. He is literally 

 "monarch of all he surveys," since 

 there are no other settlers — not even 

 Indians — in the territory for miles 

 around. Why he erected this pre- 

 tentious abode for himself it is 

 difficult to say. Directly across the 

 lake from the castle he has con- 

 structed a tomb, where he wishes 

 to be buried; and he has announced 

 that there is a reward of fifty dollars 

 awaiting any one who finds him 

 dead and safely consigns him to 

 his tomb, overlooking White Otter 

 Lake. 



