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Fig. 1. 
under dry farming methods. Irrigation 
is needed for intensive farming. 
Methods of Clearing: Small timber is 
slashed and underbrush grubbed and 
burned. It is better to do this a year in 
advance of pulling the stumps but in 
practice it is usually done just ahead of 
the clearing crew. Dynamite is used to 
split and loosen the stumps, which are 
Piling Stumps with a Derrick before Burning. 
then pulled with horse pullers. They are 
then piled with a derrick and burned. 
The land is then worked down with discs 
and spring tooth harrows. The smaller 
roots and rubbish are gathered with 
horserakes and burned. Leveling is done 
with fresno scrapers. Cost of clearing 
runs all the way from $37.98 to $139.00 
per acre. 
Table No. 1—Spring, 1910 
Cost of planting 628 acres, spring of 1910: 
Day labor cost $2.50 per day; man and team, $5.50 per day. Cost of trees not in- 
cluded in any table. 
Staking Cinad Holes Cost Setting Cost.| Total 
pe = de ceal: OE 6 | ah = Se — vs 
r r er 
Cost | Acre er Cost | Acre mae Cost | Acre i 
| eee e ee ee $172.55 | 160 $1.08 | $101.46) 160 $0.62 | $532.75) 160 ($3.34 | $5.04 
Ps ata thea 2 48 .81 40 Live 32.40 40 Sl 128.97; 40 3.22 5.20 
ee 31:35 20 Lor 13.09 20 .65 51.01} 20 2.00 4.77 
ear 99.18 | 40 38 36.00 40 .90 105.55) 40 2.64 4.92 
hs dicate kaa Sos Rs 85.66 BY 2.68 43.12 oa fies $e 100.35) 32 es 7.16 
| ee ne eee ae 78.95 | 49 1.61 71.87 49 1.47 182.06) 49 3.80 6.88 
(eres ie 63.32 60 105 30.50 60 sod 202.51! 60 ab 5.31 
a ee 60.25 40 1 .5f 28 .50 40 tk} = 153.50 '- 40 3.00 6.05 
Be Be Sante? ext 107.25 | 147 82 39.40 | 147 27 363.19) 147 | 2.46] 3.55 
tt ne 88.75 40 2522 GO.00 40 89 129.75) 40 3.24 6.35 
$792.07 | 628 ($1.26 | $431.67 | 628 $0.70 $1,949 .64 628 ($3.10 | $5.06 
Total $5.06 per acre or $0.062 per tree. 
