A unique method of tree stump removal

Felling snags on fire line around the Coquille CCC camp, Siskiyou National Forest, California.
Felling snags on fire line around the Coquille CCC camp, Siskiyou National Forest, California.

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.

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