![Felling snags on fire line around the Coquille CCC camp, Siskiyou National Forest, California.](http://lostwitandwisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1280px-Felling_snags_on_fire_line_around_the_Coquille_CCC_camp_Siskiyou_National_Forest_3226072285-1024x791.jpg)
This unique method of tree stump removal comes from “The New England Farmer; A Monthly Journal Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture and their Kindred Arts and Sciences,” 1855. The funny thing is, I thought about doing this once but figured if it was this easy, no one would pay a tree service to come out and remove their tree stumps this way. Now I wish I had at least tried.