TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY.
' . METHODS OF STUMPING. •, ..After leaving-' the' 1 Rbngbroai' Vallev a road turns off sharp to .the right past'the property and residence whcro'.Mr. Stoue- . Wigg used to live before he purchased Rani'tumau (says our travelling corresponuent). It is now owned by Mr. Suis■ted, a,,man Who revolutionised the clearing of bush lauds by tho use of explosives "Stumping to-day is 7 a very different matter, from what, it was :when.all the work was dono by-axe, spade, and lever. I have seen' stumps taken out in five minutes, which, by the slower way, would have taken two men a whole day. On the farm, as well as in town businesses, la-bour-saving devices must be adopted."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1012, 30 December 1910, Page 8
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115TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1012, 30 December 1910, Page 8
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