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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 it wo 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 ts 
perhaps worth while pointing out, that the object of, -removing the 
stumps is to clear out and prevent the development o£ the termites 
and Fomes. 
Now both these pests attack living or dying trees, not dead and 
rotten ones. I have never yet seen Fomes semit&stus 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 are 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. — E d. 
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