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STUMPING ON ESTATES. 



Some time ago I was asked to settle a dispute as to when the 

 removal of stumps from an estate should take place, one of the 

 disputants holding that it should be done in itwo and a half years, 

 after planting. One would have thought perhaps that there could be 

 no question at all in any planter's mind on the subject, but as there is 

 obviously some doubt as to the matter in the minds of some, it is 

 perhaps worth while pointing out, that the object of removing the 

 stumps is to clear out and prevent the development of the termites 

 and Fomes. 



Now both these pests attack living or dying trees, not dead and 

 rotten ones. I have never yet seen Fomes semitostiis on trunks that 

 were actually rotten. The danger lies in the half dead trees on the 

 estate after the burn. In two and a half years, many will be rotten 

 altogether and harmless, though even then there will be some which 

 still retain enough vitality to start a Fomes attack under ground, but 

 it is in the first six months or year that the real damage is done 

 though the Fomes may not show itself in the rubber tree till later 

 when the roots of the tree ai*e big enough for the mycelium to attack 

 them. 



It is obvious then that the stumping should be done before 

 planting if possible, and not deferred till later. Again stumping is 

 not so easy after the trees are two years old ; there is a great risk of 

 burning or otherwise injuring the young trees, while getting the 

 stumps destroyed. — Ed. 



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