. Clearing land of stumps. Clearing of land; Explosives in agriculture. The investment of money is kept down when explosives alone are used. There is no machinery or equipment left on your hands after the clearing is done. Yet the best use of stump pullers and of explo- sives is mainly distinct and differ- ent, and they should be considered, not in competition, but in combi- nation. A good team and a supply of explosive material is a winning combination nearly every time, and explosives are bound to play an important part in nearly every land-clearing operation. Digging out stumps is practi- c
. Clearing land of stumps. Clearing of land; Explosives in agriculture. The investment of money is kept down when explosives alone are used. There is no machinery or equipment left on your hands after the clearing is done. Yet the best use of stump pullers and of explo- sives is mainly distinct and differ- ent, and they should be considered, not in competition, but in combi- nation. A good team and a supply of explosive material is a winning combination nearly every time, and explosives are bound to play an important part in nearly every land-clearing operation. Digging out stumps is practi- cable under certain exceptional cir- cumstances. If you cannot get explosives and if you have men who are doing nothing, they may be put to digging out stumps; but if wages have to be paid, such clearing is bound to cost four or five times as much as when the work is done by better Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mattern, J. Randall; Institute of Makers of Explosives. New York : Institute of Makers of Explosives
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