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size of the stump so as to split the wood, break 

 up the roots and loosen the stump generally. 

 Then comes the process of dragging out the 

 stump and roots by means of a monkey jack, 

 or stump-extractor, with a saw and axe to assist, 

 if needed, in removing the shattered wood. 

 When stumps might perhaps be blown out 

 clear of the ground would be with coco-nut 

 trees, should root disease, pests or other causes 

 render it necessary to remove them. In such 

 cases the network of fine roots would not be 

 so able to withstand the force of the explosion. 

 As mentioned elsewhere, the use of explosives 

 in cases of disease has a double advantage ; it 

 removes the stump and helps to kill the life, 

 animal as well as vegetable, that is causing 

 the trouble. Whilst on the subject of stump- 

 ing, when clearing the land for planting, and at 

 other times, planters would do well to bear in 

 mind that the demand for wood pulp is almost 

 as insatiable as that for copra and coco-nut oil. 

 In certain cases, therefore, it might pay to lay 

 down the apparatus necessary to make wood 

 pulp or cellulose. An issue of Tropical Life 

 (January, 1913) also discusses at some length 

 the possibilities of utilizing timber from cleared 

 lands, as well as coco-nut trunks, leaves, refuse, 

 &c., for manufacturing suction gas to supply 

 motive power on the estate either direct or, 

 what perhaps would be best, to drive a dynamo, 

 utilizing the electric power thus generated for 

 driving the machinery. The article mentioned 



