This article was originally published with the title “A Simple and Powerful Stump Puller” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 58 No. 16 (April 1888), p. 247 doi:10.1038 ...

I wrote a column in February about stump pullers used in pioneer days as land was prepared for plowing and planting. After reading my column, George Drontle of Richmond called me. He told me he ...

It all started with the stump puller. This column is the opinion of Marilyn Salzl Brinkman. Write to her at [email protected] or the St. Cloud Times, P.O. Box 768, St. Cloud, MN 56302.