6 BULLETIN 91, I T . S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



On hardwood land the cost of removing green stumps is much 

 more than that of removing similar stumps that have decayed for six 

 or seven years. In the case of pine stumps growing in the heavier 



Fig. 3.— Stump land that has been pastured for several years. 



soils, the settling of the land and the heaving action of the frost 

 gradually work the stumps out of the ground, so that the expense of 

 removing them will be somewhat less where the land has been in 

 grass several years. (Fig. 4.) A serious drawback to leaving the 



Fig. 4.— Blasting stumps from land that has been in pasture for several years. 



land in grass without stumping is the sprout growth. To keep down 

 this sprout growth requires persistent work for several years. Sheep 

 and goats have beeH used successfully in some localities, but the dairy 

 herd lias taken the plaee of nearly all the flocks and is considered 

 more profitable. 



