1910. 
1137 
BURNING OUT BIG STUMPS. 
Much has been written about clearing 
land of stumps. We are told to plow 
out by using dynamite. Others advise 
us to dig around them, cut off the roots, 
THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
70 cents’ worth of gasoline, which was 
$2.60 for each stump, and is is probably 
a fair statement of what it costs to burn 
up these big stumps. As compared with 
dynamite, it is said that to remove 
Budded and Seedling Peaches. 
Last Spring I planted about 250 peach 
trees, and now And some that have sent 
out shoots a little below where they were 
budded, and some right on the bud. Shall 
I have to pull them out and replace by new 
trees or should I let them grow? If I 
should let them grow instead of replacing 
what results might I get? Will not a peach 
tree grown from its seed without budding 
produce good fruit? Why is budding prac¬ 
tical ? D. c. 
Montville, N. J. 
The shoots from below the bud will pro¬ 
duce seedlings. Most of them will prove 
inferior and of no value. Cut or nip them 
off and let those from the bud form the 
tree, or let them grow and next June bud 
on this growth with the varieties you want. 
BURNER FOR DESTROYING STUMPS. Fig. 491. 
and leave them to decay, while another 
class of workmen recommend a stump 
puller, of which there are dozens of 
different kinds. Some of these pullers 
are located at a central point, with steel 
cables reaching out to the stump. Then 
such a stump as is mentioned above and 
do a thorough job would require for 
powder alone $3.25, with the additional 
cost of putting in the powder and filling 
the hole after the stump had been blown 
out. It is considered by those who have 
Garden Soil Too Rich. 
I have a garden in which the soil ap¬ 
pears to be productive, but everything 
planted, such as tomatoes, potatoes and 
radishes, go to tops. Although they grow 
very high, they do not produce any vege¬ 
tables. What is the cause and what shall 
I do to bring results? C. u. L. 
Chicago, Ill. 
The soil of this garden is too rich—con¬ 
tains too much nitrogen. This forces the 
plants to make a great growth of stem and 
leaf, but not of fruit or seed. Do not use 
any more manure for a year, but use wood 
ashes or a mixture of ground bone and 
potash. 
BEFORE AND AFTER BURNING. Fig. 492. 
either by means of horse power or in 
some cases with a small donkey engine, 
this steel cable is pulled in over a wind¬ 
lass of such power that the stump is 
pulled out to one side. Other pullers 
operate by lifting the stump straight out 
of the ground with a tremendous force, 
applied usually by horse power at the 
end of a long lever. A new method of 
clearing land has been practiced for 
some time on the Pacific coast. It is de¬ 
scribed in Bulletin 93 of the Washington 
Experiment Station. This is a scheme 
for burning the stump rapidly where it 
stands. The burner used in this work is 
shown at Fig. 491. It consists of a gaso¬ 
line engine, usually of 1^2 horse power. 
It has a 13-inch fly wheel adjusted to run 
650 revolutions per minute. This oper¬ 
ates on a circular fan or blower, which is 
attached to a patent wind distributer 
capable of operating five lines of hose. 
At the end of each line of rubber hose 
a blowpipe of metal. The mode of 
used this blower for these big stumps 
and under the conditions of the land the 
burner is the most desirable plan for get¬ 
ting rid of them. It not only removes 
the stumps, but destroys too, a great 
advantage over other methods. 
Gas Tar for Moles.—I have noticed 
that moles avoid the tarred corn in the hills. 
I tarred corncobs, chips, and stones well 
with gas tar and placed them about a 
foot below the surface, so roots do not 
come in contact with the tar and have no 
trouble for several years with moles and 
grubs in my melons, pumpkins, squashes, 
etc. R. T. 
Fire Kindi.ers.— A writer in the Galves¬ 
ton News gives the following advice to 
the maniacs who pour kerosene on the 
kindling to start a stove fire : “Fill a tin 
can (any old vegetable can will answe- 
with wood ashes and saturate it with coal 
oil. In making the fire place about a big 
spoonful of this mixture among the kind¬ 
ling, then apply a match. It will not 
blaze until the lighted match is applied, 
and there is no danger of an explosion. I 
have known this to be used for many years, 
and it is certainly the safest and best sub¬ 
stitute for coal oil I have ever known ” 
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operation is to bore holes into the stump, 
so arranged that they will meet at the 
center and form a system of ventilation 
to blow fire through the stump. For¬ 
merly these auger holes were made by 
hand, but there is now an adjustment to 
the engine which holds the auger so that 
the operator uses the power of the engine 
to bore into the stump. 
The plan of working is to start a fire 
in each auger hole by using live coals 
of wood or kindling. This being done 
the blowpipes attached to the lines of 
hose are fitted into these holes and the 
engine starts. The result is a fierce 
draught blowing upon the fire, which fans 
it to a blaze inside the stump, and by 
using good judgment and keeping up the 
fire the stump is consumed even down 
below the ground. Some judgment is 
required in running this blower, but it is 
said that when an operator knows how 
to do the work rapid progress will be 
made. The record is given where two 
green stumps were burned. One was five 
feet in diameter at five feet above the 
ground, and 22 feet around the base at 
the surface. It had 12 large roots. The 
other was slightly smaller, with eight 
roots, but they were burned completely 
off in 12 hours (see Fig. 492). The 20 
roots of the two trees were burned below 
the level of the ground so that the plow 
would go over them. The cost to do this 
work was 30 cents an hour for labor and 
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