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stumping machine
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a device for pulling stumps in clearing land for farms or roads.
Quotations
1825
As there are many persons wishing to see my Stump Machine in operation, I propose to work with it on Thursday the tenth day of Nov. next, on my farm in Trafalgar, near the lake shore.
1905
The best device for ridding the land of pine stumps was the stumping machine.
1921
. . . the other three men handled the stumping-machine with the aid of Charles Eugene. The pyramidal scaffolding was put in place above a large stump and lowered, the chains which were then attached to the root passed over a pulley, and the horse at the other end started away quickly, flinging himself against the traces and showering earth with his hoofs.
1963
In the eighteen-forties stumping machines came into use in older settled districts along the front, their owners sometimes contracting to remove stumps, large and small, for 50 cents each.