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cutters or by hand labor and the ground then plowed 

 by using specially built scrub plows, after which the 

 roots are removed. 



113. Methods of Removing "Scrub". — Where labor is 

 cheap the best and most satisfactory way is to have the 

 scrub grubbed out by hand, using grub hoes and axes. 

 In a few dis- 

 tricts cheap 

 labor may yet be 

 secured ; where 

 contracts have 

 been let to half- 

 breed workmCTi, 

 the results have 

 been very satis- 

 factory. 



When cheap 

 labor cannot be 

 obtained scrub 

 may be pulled 

 with a team of 

 horses. A strong 

 chain or steel 

 cable is put 

 around a tree or 

 clump of small 

 trees at a height of six or eight feet ; these trees are then 

 drawn out. The roots below the stump are forced out of 

 the ground when the tree is drawn over, and if Lhey are 

 too heavy for the horses to pull clear of the soil they are 

 chopped off below the stump. When this method is em- 

 ployed, a good teamster is needed if one does not wish 

 his horses spoiled for steady drawing. 



Fig. 54, — Fulling Trees with Tractor. 

 Showing method of attaching chain. 



