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dynamite a large clean hole is blasted out 

 and, in addition, the soil on all sides is loosened 

 for five or six feet. When the tree is planted 

 the young and tender roots force their way 

 without effort through the crevices, sucking up 

 nourishment, and commence to grow from the 

 moment they are set, without any retardation 

 whatever.' Those qualified to speak upon the 

 subject are of opinion that this will bring trees 

 forward at least a year sooner than those 

 planted under the old conditions." 



44 A new profession has arisen of expert 

 dynamite farmers," says the Wealth of 

 India, when commenting on the article in 

 the World's Work'. "Dynamite is used 

 for planting trees. The spade-made hole leaves 

 the surrounding soil in a hard condition, and 

 the roots find it hard to start. With dynamite 

 a large, clean hole is blasted out, and the soil 

 on all sides is loosened for five or six feet, thus 

 enabling the trees so planted to grow twice as 

 quickly as those set in the usual spade holes." 



" We heartily commend the subject of 

 ' Farming by Dynamite ' to our readers "- 

 writes the editor of Greniers Rubber News, 

 at Kuala Lumpur, right at the heart of the 

 plantation rubber industry in the Far East. 

 " The consensus of opinion, at least among 

 planters of the Federated Malay States, is that 

 clean-clearing, which means the removal of 

 all stumps and timber, is of paramount import- 

 ance, and we feel sure that a perusal of the 



