GETTING RID OF STUMPS.
. The Scientific;" American the followin'g-raetUod of gettuJgfrid of stumps on afarm.' 4 Four yeara'ago the method wan described in the Kurd; In the autumn or early ■winter bore a hole one ortwo in diameter, according to the girth of the stump, andabout eight-inches ,']>ufc in it one or two ounces,ofsalpetre, fill the hole with wjiter, and plug it close, In the. ensuing spring take out the plug find pow in S i gill : bf : oil : and ignite it away without blazikg .'to the very extremity ,of nothing liut ashes.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1385, 22 May 1883, Page 2
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93GETTING RID OF STUMPS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1385, 22 May 1883, Page 2
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