Clearing Stumps.
-Th%''l^at;''/difficjdri7.*''with' < the bush ?*">''"fari_fer 'fr ridding his lind of stkinps. The jlifi'Sos-J-f Uprooting 'themHs so'-great as to ijjjrtender' the "'idea' dne'tnever to* be enter-*' tained. Burning "is frequently unsatis- - factory,, and on., the other hand the ',o '--process of decay is very tedious, and years must elapse before the land can be cleared of them. A settler at Manawatu intends, for thejpnrpose of rapidly clearing away these stumps, applying a process at once simple and effective. This process con. sifts in simply boring a hole deep in the centre- of *' the stump, placing therein a quarter of a ( pound of salt-petre, filling o iSu-jy-with'water and plugging'the hole up. In the course of twelve months the ptug may be taken out and the hole filled up with keresene, and fire applied. Meaa*titiie' 'the 11 salt-petre has' penetrated throughout the stump and its roots, and .the -i fire having been started well by means of kerosene, will smoulder away until the stump entirely disappears. — Ex- *- - » ebange. ,"* ' ■
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 July 1883, Page 3
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166Clearing Stumps. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 July 1883, Page 3
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