CLEARING LAND IN THE LAKE STATES. 



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(5) Size of area to be cleared and proximity to other clearings: Stump-pulling 

 machines will usually reduce the cost of clearing, but it is not economical to buy one. 

 for the clearing of a small tract. Explosives cost considerably less when bought in 

 large quantities. In a locality where much clearing is being done it may be possible 

 to cooperate in the purchase of stump pullers and explosives, and experienced help 

 can be hired cheaper in such a region. 



Table II gives an approximate idea of the cost of clearing white- 

 pine land in this region. Additional data of the conditions of clearing 



Fig. 8. — Swampy lands of the Lake region that have been burned over, showing the shallow root- 

 ing system. 



on the 16 tracts summarized in this table, as well as details of the clear- 

 ing of several additional tracts, are given in the pages which follow. 



Table II. — Approximate cost of removing stumps on 16 tracts of ivhite-pine land, com- 

 piled from records kept during actual operations. 



Tract. 



No. 1... 

 No. 2... 

 No.3... 

 No. 4... 

 No. 5... 

 No. 6... 

 No. 7... 

 No. 8... 

 No.9... 

 No. 10.. 

 No. 11.. 

 No. 12.. 

 No. 13.. 

 No. 14.. 

 No. 15.. 

 No. 16.. 



A cres. 



40 



3 



7 

 24.21 

 50 



1 

 60 

 30 

 30 



40 

 20 

 7.4 

 40 

 35 



Stumps. 



Num- 

 ber. 



2,000 



297 



334 



290 



1,018 



78 



2,464 



2,464 



2,000 



1,812 



1,319 



2,400 



1,293 



204 



3,600 



1,050 



Aver- 

 age di- 

 ameter 

 (inches). 



Aver- 

 age 

 number 

 per 



20.2 

 18-36 



19.85 



22 



18.6 



24.6 



24 



28 



28.6 



28.6 



23.2 

 26.77 



Soil and subsoil. 



Sandy 



do 



Clay 



Sandy 



Sandy loam 2 . 



Sandy 



Clay 



Sandy loam . . 



do 



Silt and clay. 



do....... 



Sandy 



do 



Sandy loam.. 



Sandy 



do.2 



Method. 



Explosive 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 Capstan 

 ...do. 

 ..do. 



Tripod. 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 



Cost, including labor. 



Pulling.i 



Con- 

 tract. 



Ac- 

 tual. 



SO. 2.3! I 

 .372 

 .144 

 .26 

 .102 

 .105 

 .32 

 .465 

 .14 



Total. 



$925. 20 

 25S. 00 

 200. 00 

 145. 00 

 69S. 91 

 25.65 



1,444.00 

 868. 00 

 710. 00 



1,283.82 



1,063.87 

 708. 00 

 500. 00 

 184. 93 

 900. 00 

 700. 00 



Per 



acre. 



523. 13 

 86.00 

 28.57 

 5.99 

 13.98 

 25.65 

 24.07 

 28.93 

 23.67 

 27.91 



19. 20 

 25.00 

 25.06 

 22.50 

 20.00 



Per 



stump, 

 includ- 

 ing dis- 

 posal. 



SO. 463 

 .86 

 .60 

 .50 

 .686 

 .329 

 3 .586 

 3.352 

 3.355 



3.71 



3.806 



3.32 



3.387 



.907 

 3.25 



.666 



1 The operation of ( -'pulling" includes getting the stump out of the ground, cleaning the dirt from its 

 roots, and leaving it where it will not settle back into the ground. 



2 Clay subsoil. 



3 Tracts Nos. 7 to 13 and 15 were stumped by experienced contractors, who were well equipped and 

 employed experienced men with heavy teams accustomed to the work. The average landowner can not 

 safely figure on getting his stumps pulled for less than these contract prices. 



