. Improving crop yields by the use of dynamite . THE BOULDER—AFTER THE BLAST 42 THE SECOND STAGE Getting the Farm in Shape DIGGING DITCHES DRAINING SWAMPS GRADING ROADS EXCAVATING FOR BUILDINGFOUNDATIONS AND CELLARS SINKING WELLS DIGGING HOLES FOR FENCE-POSTS. GETTING THE FARM IN SHAPE ll/HEN the land has been cleared the work of getting the farm^^ into shape begins. Ditches must be dug to properly drainthe fields—particularly the swampy ones, where often thebest soil is found. Roads must be constructed, wells sunk, barns,houses and other buildings erected, fences built, and so on. Dyna-mite i
. Improving crop yields by the use of dynamite . THE BOULDER—AFTER THE BLAST 42 THE SECOND STAGE Getting the Farm in Shape DIGGING DITCHES DRAINING SWAMPS GRADING ROADS EXCAVATING FOR BUILDINGFOUNDATIONS AND CELLARS SINKING WELLS DIGGING HOLES FOR FENCE-POSTS. GETTING THE FARM IN SHAPE ll/HEN the land has been cleared the work of getting the farm^^ into shape begins. Ditches must be dug to properly drainthe fields—particularly the swampy ones, where often thebest soil is found. Roads must be constructed, wells sunk, barns,houses and other buildings erected, fences built, and so on. Dyna-mite is necessary in every one of these operations, if the work is tobe done expeditiously and economically. The information to befound in the succeeding pages, as well as that already given, has beensecured entirely from farmers and others who have used explosivesfor the various purposes described. DITCHING Ditches for draining, and trenches for pipe lines and tiling,are necessary on every farm, and should always be dug with ex-plosives. The ditching which pays best is that which drains swampylands. There are about seventy million acres of this land in theUnited States, much of which would bear magnificent crops, ifdrained. The cost of draining by the usu
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