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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
3
The article advocates blasting stumps to reclaim unimproved land across the United States. It explains placing powder under the stump base and using soil type and moisture to choose explosive type and amount. Tools include an auger crowbar shovel tamping stick and fuse and caps for stump removal.
Farmers are adopting vertical farming to enhance soil depth, breaking subsoil to open air and release nutrients. A half cartridge of farm powder can fracture tight subsoil, creating space for roots, water storage, and better yields with reduced labor and cost. Subsoil blasting requires dry conditions and minimal tools.
An old article advocates blasting streams to reduce floods and swamps, arguing dynamite can straighten bends remove obstructions and deepen channels. It claims immediate relief by blasting improves irrigation and drainage and can reclaim tillable land for easier farming.
Farmers explore rapid ditching using dynamite charges and electric caps to blast trenches. Holes eighteen to twenty four inches deep are loaded with fifty percent dynamite, enabling seven to nine foot wide ditches in one line. When ground is dry or cold, blasting shifts to farm powder with longer spacing and electric priming for efficiency.
The article describes using blasting to loosen subsoil for orchard planting. Fall blasting is preferred. spring blasting also aids growth. After blasting, a hole is dug, lime added for sour soil, and trees planted with roots in topsoil and firmed. Proponents claim faster growth, earlier fruiting, and larger yields.
Don Leonardo Ruiz a California rancher urges farmers to emit ground squirrels gophers and prairie dogs with dynamite. He prescribes an inch to two inch dynamite in paper cartridges placed into each hole and lit to release fumes that suffocate and kill occupants.
New road building methods favor dynamite to speed grading and rock removal. Blasting loosens shale and hard rock, facilitates ditching, and aids hillside work with electric firing and precise hole placement. Dynamite also accelerates roadside tree planting when used judiciously.
Instructions describe four essential parts for priming a dynamite cartridge and warn of dangers from careless methods. It details crimping the cap, burying it with the crimp tool, and securing the fuse, while condemning improper techniques that can cause misfires or explosions.
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