FAEMIISTG ON" CUT-OVEE LANDS. 



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proved land should be put uito condition to grow grass and should 

 be used i^s nastui'e for hre stock. 



LAND CLEARING.! 



A large part of tlie nontiUable land in this district is covered with 

 large stumps. Clearing is difficult and requires much heavy work 

 and considerable capital. In order to develop this country rapidly, 

 more farmers with capital are needed. To the settler with small 

 capital the clearmg of land will necessarily be slow but not impos- 

 sible. Ordinarily the cost of clearing land ranges from $20 to $60 

 per acre, dependmg mamly on the kind, condition, number, and size 

 cf stumps; the acreage to be cleared; the amount of wood and brush 



-A stump-land pasture. 



Seeding the land to grass and pasturing for several years lessens the cost 

 of clearing. 



that must be removed or burned; and the quality and condition of 

 the soil. A part of this cost may frequently be offset through the 

 sale of wood products. Small stumps when numerous are most eco- 

 nomically removed by means of stump j^ullers, and larger ones by 

 the use of dynamite or a combmation of the two methods. Ordi- 

 narily the cost of removing stumps ranges from 20 to 75 cents per 

 stump. Stumps of all kinds are much more easily removed if con- 

 siderable time has elapsed since the timber was cut. (See fig. 7.) 



Most varieties of hardwood stumps decay in a short time, but 

 white and Norway pine stumps remain comparatively sound for 

 many years. For this reason hardwood lauds, other things being 

 equal, are more in demand. It is important in all cases to make sure 

 that the quality of land justifies the expense of clearing. 



' For flr;tail(!d infornmtion conoeminR land flouring see tlio following 1)iilletins: U. S. Department of 

 A(?rlcii)tnr« liiilletin No. 91, entlllwl "Cost and .Methods of Clearing Land in the Lake States;" Minnesota 

 Experiment .Station IJulletin .\'o. I'M, ontillerl " Land Clearing;" and Wisconsin Kxperimont Station Bul- 

 letin No. 2Ui, entitled ' I'hc of Kxploslves in Clearing Land." 



