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ying success in clearing land. Theusual method is to slash and burn over thetract to be cleared, in order to burn all the it is loosened and another hooked into itsplace. As the loads come to the gin pole theyare piled around it as closely as possible(Fig. 3) by a man on the pile. This method,… … (_ ,._ _33?. Fig. 2—Plan Showing Dinkey underbrush and as manv small logs as possi-ble. Then all the stumps more than 1 ft. in diam-eter are split and loosened by a charge ofstumping powder of from five to twenty sticks,according to size. A charge of twenty 1%tc8-in. sticks will generally split a…
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