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Caption to this diagram reads "Large Base Puller and Various Uses to Which a Stump Puller Can Be Put." The alphabetic labels show different types of arrangements, both recommended and not, for the removal of trees. By the time of this book's…

Clearing forested lands to create open agricultural land was an arduous process, which is why this device may have been of interest to farmers: "This machine is not only used for pulling stumps, but it is applicable to moving buildings, rocks, &c. It…

Removal of trees so as to create farmland, and especially the stumps left behind, was an arduous process for European settlers. Although there were complex (and expensive) "patent machines" available, small farmers trying to remove fairly…