Mr. Pomeroy: If you have a misfire and the men don't like to monkey around it, and neither do you, just step off a few inches and stick in another one and let her go. Will that fix the stick that didn't go off?
Mr. Evans: That is the safest way.
Mr. Hargis: In tamping say you have a hole in a rock four feet. I have had men tell me to pour the hole full of water. Is that right?
Mr. Evans: That is the best method known.
In tree planting you will always have to use your own judgment. Go down four or five or six feet to learn the character of the soil, tamp the cartridge well and as fuse is not expensive, always use plenty of it.
The President: Any further discussion of this, or any further questions on the use of dynamite?
Mr. Doan: Mr. President, I would like to mention a method I found helpful. That is to make two holes in the cartridge, one diagonally down from one side, thrusting the fuse bearing the cap through that, and then making a hole diagonally in the other side and thrusting the cap in it.
Mr. Evans: We do not advocate using that method because dynamite will become ignited from the fuse and will burn. To be frank with you that is the method we use, but the company does not approve of it and we should not use it. You are liable to have a misfire. In warm weather there is no danger but in cold weather don't use it. The best method is to bore right in at an angle of forty-five degrees.
Mr. Potter: Do you advise us to use dynamite?
Mr. Evans: Yes, we have men making a business of it.