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eral road* and bridge* U«( U11 w* completed * private road two and one half miles {nos with a wide roadbed and good grade lead inn from oar generwl headquarter* to the ritate Highway or root*- Route tih had* fiom Iron River, Cry*tal Fall*, nod Ahmmu to Covington and the Cupper Country, and i* now under lt;*otir»e t*r lonatruction. We are hoping'that thix highway will u- graveled *o that wr ■ati u*e II this coming summer. Our land |M trnvtrend hy ihU highway for a dlMmne of gbdout #f\ Utiles Our general headquarter* being aeireii und one half mile* from Amman, make* it neccn^ary for n« to have good rood* owing to the I*rg* amount of freight which we handle. We And the tote r««d which we ur# uwlng at ihe present time for hauling In oar Mipptlen, inadequate for our need#, '.twlng to the steep grades and many -harp curve* on thin road it make-*ur expense of freight in a utmacCAnar-IIy blah.We hav«i our own stork loading pen*. Hiding. corral* and pasture* having a capacity of several train lagd* of cattle Thane corral* are lo fated a tollr S'orth of Atm** a r»u our point •tdtny connecting the r M. A st V vnd V a* S * , railroad*. T«» give* it* the advantage of throu*train marvice to Chicago hi nhippluu - tile, end furthermore, give* it* uu idvaiit I*** oi being able to ship In or mi over two different route*, win. l» on important item in handling largo herd* of cattle. Where we hav-wrge enough alilfuettt# to warrant i ipe.ial tram, «n mn *hip our »attl. hl» our aiding to Chicago wiihoit inloaditig to feed. On the other hunt sc are alii# to gather tattle from the ■anr.e • n our ranch uhd huv« they u hfr Chlcngn market within 35 hour Ahiih m un advantage .my VVV-t r wtlaman using th# open r.ittg«- would -nvy. From pt-rsonal experience in iouth Western Colorado It lia« taken 10 days from the time wr commenced mthertng caul* on the rung# until ie ware able to get tfu-m un th« nurkct. one ran Junt inuigine the r.arket fluctuation* which might take dace during that apace of timeIn tuking up the matter of the most idvantageouii way of clearing la ml. *e bare adopted the following tnoUi-h! Most of the land which we have •legred up to the present time h*t« ieen pine lt;ut-ovtr plains. Our reason or clearing ihi* type or land Irst was two*fold Primarily It mr opinion that we could get the nuxlmum amount of land cleared atminimum ro*t. Secondly, that th«*e one plain* • outiiincd the large M irt-a of level land In one compact 'roup uud teemed bpst adapt**! forthe purpose fog which we intend unmg them, namely for meadow landIn 1950 wheu we find «turt*d In on our clearing, w* thought w* could tr ypicking out the parcel* of hind containing the taut amount of pint •tumps, and not attempt to remove the stumps until later. We wer* con vttteud In * ahuRt time that thin ivuh a poor policy to follow, though It ir one whltdi in commonly u*cd by tin luinlH-r-jai k farmer noon c«m« to tu# COQftltialon that If *lt;• were going tu cicur the land, we would he monry ahead to do It right from the begin-ing For example, if « p|#c« of hind wrj«* tMcared of brush, •* - notile Httimpa left standing, afterward* blast ing them out. the entire piece of land would be filled with pta** of stump and rock, and a great deal of the arum would be klitat In leveling off and tilling »tump hole*. We tried another method namely that of bl.i^t Ing ttil* atumpn before tbe lund was brushed W« found tlio diArtilty here to be that the brttwh would b» filled with wind alt;iil grave! mimed bv the hlMKting and this made It dlffl cult for the bnialwra in chopping trceK and brush owing to the gravel and sand which was thrown every w hereThe method we are now gaiuK i«»»f which ban proven ranst *ati*fact«rv fa* it tie. We nr*t end our lirunhiuv crew over the land whkh we propos*« Ititring. to cut and plh nil ilu standing hrmdy Then our bhialing cicw cun^Utlng of four hUAfer* and four lielpere follow the bru«ltera. blueing every dump that Is loo largo for th»- tra« for to pull,The mqlter of removing pin** -dump-fa quite a problem Un land auch nr our# that wax cut over about forty yeara ago. and burned over a *CPrc of time*, we rind It Impractical to tine a rtump puller. In mow! cuac* th» •tump* being rutted off at tit* top mukc* it Itnpocitdbto to u*u pulling dovuen. owing to the fa* t that llu-cables or hook# will rut the Ktuinp off at the ground. In cages where stump* can be pulled with a puller, w find difficulty in handling ib«*n» nrter they are pulled. It reipiiren from two lo three stick* of dynamite per •tump lb knock off of the root# after they have been pulled, and even that I.* not very succrAgfut t»r the time required In labor would off *et the powder uaed in making e clean Job at the beginningWg have bvc u a ked l#- purUe» ». ll Ing «tump device*, why we dM not use u few attok* of powder to crack the «tiinip and then pull It after wards My answer to thl* I*, that where on* I# rlettrlng land on a large a *cah us we are it do*tt not pay. Suppone 11take* ttv# slick* of powder to crack a stump *u that It can 1m pulled Wyuddlng from three to ren %tilt; ki to thin Amount you have your a turn p. unle«* It la an exceptionally Urge onv. completely blown out no (but you hare no trouble m removing it with a tekin or ctairing the dirt off of the root* aftei It ha.4 oecn puUod. The time required for putting in a few itlcka to track a dump, pi putting In a full charge to blast it out com plfitely i« about the amr. if frag menu of root* are left, whkii fre-(juvntly .wcui • Ih« . an trusliy Ik.pulled with t« leans Figuring dynamite ,#t $1500 per cwt flfte*^i Atlckw would cv*l $1,12. It would he irnptw*-ible to move yuur stump pulling rig. «#t It up. pull the Alump. Ire4? the rooi* from dirt, and get it in «uch shape I hut le omild he hutidied hy u tiram fur th« cost of the powder witor«# wages are front fad 00 to »05(»0 an they were aV (he time we did our clearing Fnrttiennore Ut order to une a at uni p puller, one must have a guy line fUlviOtl tu n.nuethiiiR -.ubstantlal (hat w||| withstand (he preavtire or pulling a large tump. In experimenting with pu ling, we often timer found Hint our anchor gav* wav be fore the ntump th«l we were trying to pull Anothwr difficulty being that the *tump* were Mirk n dlMtttCc apart that if would require loo long a cable lo reach from the anchor to the •il ttmpAfter onr stump* are blaatod, two pull-out team* follow, pulling out all the r.voU and ftwttittg them out of th« boles so that the ttfiiHH following with Alofi^boata mit load t|n? refmtu Althout difficulty, *«nd i uni it away to th«* pile - fur burning. Anufbcr a*i vantage In uslug the powder 1h the tact tfiat tit* stump* are *hatUred «*l will dry rapidly when .tuhjerlcd to the wind and sun. Wherea* It would require year* to dry out a Urge Hoild Ntamp Nufficlently ro that it would burn up entirelyAfUr tU the root* and refu** haw lavtl picked up. two nr threw team* art* tmd In fflllug the khtMed holeu wtth earth and culling off the high ► harp knoll* *o that lt;t tractor and drag or leveler cun paw* over lh«- land ThU make- It possible to do a b«HU*i job of plowing and with lc*n dangco of breaking either the tractor tu plow In going through the bta’Utf hole*. «ir tMHHing over the sharp hum mocks. We ti5 T«m Holt Cater-pillar U a cl ore an*l Jumbo l-tCtu. -;»» Qrub Rrraker now*, and find thetn very *mx‘es*ful for thi* work.Following the plow *♦• have a 10 Tun Holt Caterpillar tractor with a large heavy drag, which level* to a conMderuble extent the large furrow* tuadv by uiir J2’f plow*. After the iltag ha i puKAi-d over the hind once
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The Diamond Drill
Crystal Falls, Michigan, US
Fri, Mar 10, 1922
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