. Better farming with Atlas farm powder, the safest explosive, the original farm powder. Explosives in agriculture. Better Farming with Atlas Farm Powder. The charges are placed ^nd the wires connected, the stock has be^jn chased away and the helpers warned bad-—now the blaster is ready to shove the of his machine down and to fire the expiOsive. their pulling as proved by government figures. When tiiey are broken, the disposal cost is much lower. When stumps are pulled whole, it is necessary to use a pick (o remove the mass ot dirt which comes with the stump. Blasting not only breaks u
. Better farming with Atlas farm powder, the safest explosive, the original farm powder. Explosives in agriculture. Better Farming with Atlas Farm Powder. The charges are placed ^nd the wires connected, the stock has be^jn chased away and the helpers warned bad-—now the blaster is ready to shove the of his machine down and to fire the expiOsive. their pulling as proved by government figures. When tiiey are broken, the disposal cost is much lower. When stumps are pulled whole, it is necessary to use a pick (o remove the mass ot dirt which comes with the stump. Blasting not only breaks up the stump but brings it out clean. The actual cost of blasting as com- pared with other methods may be lower or higher, depending on local conditions of f^round, stumps, labor and the like. In many instances it is lower. Blasting calls for no purchase of expensive ma- chinery or equipment. There is no big investment for tools, which is a point in its favor in the case of small jobs. What little outfit is required costs only a few dollars, and more than that, is small and light enough to be carried by hand from place to place if need be. There is no reason for maintaining motive power for hauling it. As respects the Size of the Stump which should be pulled and which should be blasted, the line should be drawn at the point where a stump gets too heavy to be lifted readily by one man after it is free from its anchorage. In oak clear- ing this will mean that stumps less than 5 or 6 inches in diameter should be pulled, and those larger should be blasted. When a tew dozen stumps are to be re- moved, as from a pasture or from cul- tivated fields, blasting alone is the sen- sible method. When many acres are to be cleared, the small stumps may be pulled, and the large ones blasted out clean or blasted enough to split them, then the pieces pulled. The Effect of the Blasting on the Soil is a factor to be considered. When the blasting is done in d''y weather it is de- cidedly beneficia
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