From Farming with Dynamite
What it Costs to Blast Out Stumps.
At the latest “Farming with Dynamite” demonstration, held under the auspices of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, at Ivor, Va., on August 11, 1910, one and one-half acres, containing forty-six stumps were cleared in one day, at an expense of $18.00, including labor, or an average of 39 cents per stump.
Records kept by the Long Island Railroad, covering operations on their Experimental Farm, showed that, including the wages of the men who did the work, the cost of blasting out stumps averaged about 16 cents per stump.
Records kept of the cost of this work in different sections of the country show as follows:
Locality and Kind of Stump. Average
Diameter. Average Cost
Per Stump.
Southern—
Pine Stumps 29 inches $0.30
Pennsylvania—
Apple, Ash and Chestnut 34-½ inches .56
Michigan—
White Pine, Maple and Birch 32 inches .47
Minnesota—
Birch, Ash, Spruce and Pine 20 inches .16
Illinois—
Oak, Walnut and Gum 30 inches .53
Western—
Fir, Pine and Cedar 50 inches 1.13
Redwood 8 feet and over 2.00 and over
Records kept by Prof. A. J. McGuire, Superintendent Experimental Farm of the University of Minnesota, show even lower costs.