6 BULLETIN 1286, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRTCTLTTRE. 
In clearing the land for agricultural purposes, it is first slashed 
then pastured for several years, during which time mam- of the logs 
and some of the stumps are removed. (See figs. 2 and 3.) From 
two to six days are required to slash an acre. The slashing had best 
be done in the summer. Care should be exercised to fall the slash 
so that a good burn may be obtained. As soon as the slash is dry, 
it should be burned. 
Before burning a permit must be obtained from the fire warden 
and precaution taken to prevent the fire from getting beyond control. 
If the land is to be used for pasture, clover and grass seed should 
be sown in the ashes and scratched in before the fall rains. At the 
time of seeding a large amount of small stuff can be picked up and 
long logs that would seriously interfere with the grazing cattle may 
be burned into shorter lengths. 
Fig. 2. — Fir stumps ranging from 3 to G feet in diameter. They are about 8 feet in 
height. In many cases the larger stumps are allowed to remain for several years 
and crops are grown between. 
After seeding, the land is usually pastured for a few years, and 
during this period most of the logs are hauled together and burned. 
Some may be used for fuel for domestic purposes, and if any burn- 
ing met hod is to be used in removing the stumps, a number will be 
needed for fuel to assist in burning. 
The time required to haul the logs into piles depends on many fac- 
tors, such as amount of waste left from logging and fuel requirements 
for the home and for burning stumps, but on the average it takes a 
crew of two or three men, with two horses and blocks and line, from 
4 to 10 days per acre. 
There has been a great variation in stumping practice's. Table 1 
shows the number of farmers using different methods in 1915 and 1921 . 
