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Planting Trees with Dynamite

By Omer R. Abraham

HE use of dynamite for tree- planting was probably first used on soils where there were boulders to be broken up and gradually its use became wider, taking in other soils. Some claim that it is beneficial to any soil, but I am of the opinion that its use should be confined to soils underlaid with shale, rock or a close, hard subsoil of the nature of hardpan. In such cases, when properly used, the results will be uniformly satisfactory. Its proper use is the one point • that determines success and failure. My experience with orchard blasting is briefly this :

As a boy I had always been cautioned not to get near a stick of dynamite, and I

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obeyed. Years later I studied what I could find, in reference to dynamite and its use, and with the assistance of a neighbor I learned how to use it. While I handle it now a great ^eal. I always remember that it is dynamite and am careful with it.

My first experience was in orchard blast- ing, and every daj' I learned something new. I soon found out that it was very necessary that the ground be moderately dry in order to get the best results. But it was in the spring, the trees were on hand, they had to be set and I could not wait for the subsoil to get dry. With the subsoil in this con- dition I foimd that one half of a stick, which is one fourth of a pound, was too much when put to a depth of thirty inches, or even twenty-four inches, for the blast would make a hole in the subsoil as large as a barrel and just the shape of a jug. The

Ejtcavaticn made by one-half stick, tamped, thirty inches deep in wet subsoil

opening for a foot under the surface of the ground was no larger than your fist, and as it was necessary to fill the bottom of the hole with soil this necessitated cutting the neck larger. I found that this was jammed so hard that it was nearly impos- sible to cut through it with a spading-shovel. When the charge was j)Iaced at twenty inches, the hole was as large at the surface as anywhere, and more dirt was thrown out ; in other words, it did not leave a jug hole at the top, but tore the top out. I obtained the best results with one third of a stick, which was one sixth of a pound, placed about twenty inches deep. But I determined to blast no more when the subsoil was wet as it is in the spring.

Last fall, after quite a lot of dry weather, I began on an orchard that will be set this spring. As the subsoil was drier, I put the charges down thirty inches, using one half a

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stick, which I tamped tightly with the most | adhesive dirt that was drilled from the bot- \ tom of the hole. I got good results, the ■ ground cracking instead of jamming. This i spring we will work the loose dirt over with shovels till it is fine and then set the tree. The blasts were made exactly where each tree was to be set

Some orchard blasting, we understand, is done without tamping dirt over the dyna- mite. I object to this because the fullest

Excavation made by one-lialf stick, un- tamped, thirty inches deep in dry subsoil

force is not obtained unless the charge is closely confined. When the charge is not tamped, part of the force comes up the un- tamped hole.

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The expense of blasting holes for tree- setting is about as follows : Each thirty- inch charge will take one cap. about twenty- two inches of fuse and one-half stick of dynamite. At wholesale, in lots of about fifty or one hundred pounds, forty per cent, dynamite will cost about thirteen and one- half cents per pound. I used a single-tape fuse, which costs about forty cents per one hundred feet, and caps costing seventy-five cents per one hundred. I intend to try cotton fuse, which is cheaper, and said to be as good for dry work.

Making Ready for the Blast

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cold, we make them up in some room where it is comfortable, attaching cap and a piece of fuse the proper length, and tying same, so that we can carry a whole bunch of them by their fuses and drop one at each hole. The next operation is to tamp them, then split the fuses so they will light easily. I find the best lighter to be a dry corn-cob which has burned till there is a coal on the end.

Just one whiff of the smoke following an explosion is sufficient to give one a head- ache, so it is well to let the holes air a while before attempting to fill the hole or set the tree. If trees are set before the holes have time to thoroughly settle, they will have to be set shallow, as the soil gradually sinks for a few weeks.

Editor's Note — In spite of the confidence and ' apparent safety with which experts handle djmamite or other explosive, there is always an element of danger.

Study the directions which come with the particular strength of explosive used. Do not borrow or loan dynamite without a thorough mutual understanding concerning the proper method of handling, and most of all BE CAREFUL.

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Hubbard Squashes and Inten- sive Gardening

By James B. Morman

THERE should be a dominant crop in carrying on intensive gardening, though many crops may be grown together without injury to each other. The two points to be considered are rotation and main- tenance of soil fertility. When these are observed in gardening, the same land may be used almost continually without danger of deterioration and with profit.

Sometimes difficulties confront us from insect pests. This is particularly the case in raising Hubbard squashes. This is no longer an easy crop to raise. The main dif- ficulty is to overcome the squash-borer. This pest is not limited in its range, but it prac- tically extends to all parts of the country. The borer is the larval form of a moth which lays her eggs on the vine.

When the eggs hatch, the little grub bores into the main stem of the plant where it lives and feeds on the internal tissues unde- tected and unsuspected' until the vine with- ers and dies. Even then many gardeners do not know the cause of the death of their squash-vines.

The Preparation of the Ground

It is of some importance, therefore, to be able to raise a crop of Hubbard squashes under these conditions. My system of in- tensive planting and culture, which experi- ence has proven to be quite successful, is briefly as* follows :

The piece of ground intended for the win- ter-squash crop is first put into early pota- toes. During the winter the land is well top-dressed with manure. Chicken-manure is good for this purpose, no other kind of farm manure being better for the garden.

In spring, as soon as the land can be worked, it is plowed and planted to an early variety of potato like the Irish Cobbler or Early Rose. The seed-potatoes are care- fully put on trays in the fall to start vigor- ous sprouts, and the potatoes are planted as early as possible, in order to force them to the front. By this method the potatoes are in bloom usually about the last of May or

A good yield — nearly 600 pounds on a garden plot 35 by 125 feet

first week in June and have been hilled for the last time. This is the time to plant squash-seed.

Between alternate rows and at distances of about six feet apart, I make hills with some rich soil. For this purpose the scrap- ings from hen-yards are excellent. An extra seed or two placed in each hill and an oc- casional extra hill are an advantage, since some vines will generally be ruined by bor- ers notwithstanding what measures are taken for their control. Under favorable weather conditions the seed will germinate quickly and make a vigorous growth.

Bet<veen the hills of squashes sweet corn is planted at three-foot inter\'als to finish out the rows as well as in the alternate rows not planted to squashes.

Three Crops Growing at the Same Time

* Thus, while the potatoes are maturing and the tops begin to die down, the young squash- vines and sweet corn are making rapid growth. When the potatoes are mature, they are taken up as quickly as possible by hand digging, care being taken not to disturb the other two crops. The balance of the ground is then sown to turnips, kale or other win- ter truck the seed of which can be sown broadcast and raked in. A good top-dress- ing of manure will be beneficial. For sev- eral years past I have confined my third crop to turnips, which is usually a sure crop for household use or for marketing. Moreover, the tops furnish an excellent green feed for the fowls during late fall and early winter.

Besides one crop (potatoes) already off the ground, there are three other crops (win- ter squashes, sweet corn and turnips), all growing without interference on the same ground at the same time. As regards the squashes, which I regard as the dominant crop in this fall garden rotation, a single cultivation around the hills in the early stage of their growth is about all that is required, since the digging of the potatoes not only keeps down the weeds, but puts the ground in excellent tilth for the squashes and other crops. When these crops grow vigorously.

weeds have little chance to make head- way against them even if not hoed.

The advantages of this system of crop cul- ture are: (1) the young squash-plants are partially screened by the potato-tops and to a considerable extent are protected from attack by the parent moth of the squash- borer; (2) they make their most vigorous growth between the two broods of moths which occur throughout a wide range in the United States; (3) the three crops have soil in good tilth from which to draw nourish- ment, and (4) it forms a systen~atic plan of garden rotation which, on small areas, af- fords an opportunity for the best practice of intensive culture.

Under this system of gardening I have never failed to secure a paying crop of Hub- bard squashes even in very dry times. But the season has much to do with the yield of all the crops. The highest yield of winter squashes secured was 697 pounds on a plot 35 by 125 feet. Last year the yield was 589 pounds on the same amount of land, and the photograph shows the bulk of that crop. For thorough maturity and excellent qual- ity such a crop could hardly be surpassed under the most favorable conditions of soil .- 1 climate.

There was a total of seventy-two mar- ketable Hubbards with an average weight of eight and one-fourth pounds. At retail prices such a crop would be worth about $175 an acre for squashes alone. Then there were the sweet corn and turnip crops in addition, of which the stands have al- ways been good under this system of cul- ture. Moreover, these crops together are excellent for conserving the moisture in seasons of more or less dryness.

If the fertility of the 'soil be conserved by the application of sufficient manure, such crops form a good rotation and a profitable system of intensive gardening.

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