6 BULLETIN 91, U. 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 pme stumps growing in the heavier 
Fic. 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 
Fic. 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 been used successfully in some localities, but the dairy 
herd has taken the place of nearly all the flocks and is considered 
more profitable. 
