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multiplied so many times that it makes it slower. The horse 



stump pullers are equipped with accessories so that you can 



^ . • Tj move from one place to another rapidly. These things speed the 



of Dynamite work up two, three and four times as fast, compared to the old 



methods. 



The high cost of stump removal has been a very serious 

 anchor to the progress of developing cut-over lands. We were 

 able to show that where the people had been using 40 and 60 per 

 cent dynamite, we could do absolutely as good work, stick for 

 stick, with 20 or 30 per cent, and this has resulted in a saving of 

 from 2^ to 6 cents per pound. The lower grades dynamite are 

 safer than the higher grades, too, and they do better work. They 

 do less cutting and are less shattering in their effect. 



We have heard about this 76 million acres in the South. If 



there were in the neighborhood of fifty stumps per acre, there 



would be something in the neighborhood of four billion stumps 



Four Billion -^^ ^^^ South to be cleared. Now, I say, if that was done with 



Stumps to Be , . . . . ■ Ar^ ^ . i ^i 



Cleared in dynamite, and you have been usmg 40 per cent, and by the use 



South of 20 per cent you could save 2^ cents a pound, that would be 



a tremendous saving. I merely cite that as an instance where 

 we were able to save the people of Wisconsin many dollars in 

 the use of this low grade product that would do the same work. 



Dollars are the controlling factor in land clearing, because 

 a man will buy dynamite with all the money he can save. If, 

 by any system, we can make this dynamite two, three or four 

 times safer then he will clear two, three or four times as much 

 land with the same expenditure ; and with the combination of 

 stump puller, pulling the stump first, and then cracking it — and 

 one-third as much dynamite is required to crack a stump as to 

 blow it entirely ; that means that the man, with his combination 

 method and proper equipment, can clear from three to five times 

 as much land with the same actual cash expenditure. 



The tremendous human energy that has been wasted in land 



clearing is something appalling. What we have accomplished, 



,- , . .if we have done nothing else, is to almost eliminate the drudgery 



Machines and . . . 



Horses Now from land clearing. I don't say the work ; there is nothmg on 



Do the Work earth that will enable you to get rid of stumps without work ; 



but it is not that slow, back-breaking, monotonous toil. The 



outfit weighs about thirty pounds ; a man can take that to a 



stump ; that is not drudgery. He stands still while the horses 



