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DRY FARMING 



A plan similar to the above but in which tractor 

 power rather than horse power is used is coming into 

 more general use. This has proven a very satisfactory 

 method, and when labor is high priced, has been found 

 quite economical. By this method quite large trees with 

 their stumps are pulled out, the land being then broken 

 easily with a scrub-breaking plow. 



Another method is to cut the brush off level with the 

 ground either with the axe or a brush cutter and then to 



plow the land 

 with a scrub 

 breaking plow 

 which will plow 

 right through 

 the stumps, and 

 turn them over 

 leaving them on 

 top to be picked 

 up later and 

 carted away. 



In each of the 

 methods so far 

 referred to, the 

 brush and roots 

 are piled and 

 then burned. 



Fig. 55. — Scrub Cutter. 



Sometimes used for removing trees in Park Belt 

 land. 



Another method frequently followed is to burn over 

 a piece of land for several springs in succession in order 

 to clear it of all the trees and underbrush, and then 

 break the land with a brush breaker hauled either by 

 horses or tractor power. This is a good way when one 



