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Show ROAD MAKING. Nowhere In tie United S te- Is there material at hand for more cheaply constructing con-structing good ronds thr In Utah and till tie ronds In most of the vallcs are In vvretchd cor Itlon Rcairel) any stem Is obsened and the roada are mciely a. lot of pjKh made up by tlxing the bad plat.es only when they become lmiustubl. Theru Is science In road building nnd for llwt reason we give space to the following sensible consideration of the subject from lHlnoIx In many le-s le-s pet. ts the directions given aie full applicable to Utah University of Illinois Agricultural Ux-Pjrrlment Ux-Pjrrlment station. Lrlmuu. 111. Uulletln M' 6 Construction and Care ot Uarth Itoads lly Ira o linker All over tho eoiuiir as well as ln Illinois, there Ik mw a grmt deal or mtirest inanirettel In the subjeit of good roads Tho Kreul Importance ot goou lot 1 to fnrm rs Is lit e tulng appreciated, find tin it Is a greut dial uf mqulr hh to the Inst methods nf construction Hunt mm formed with rmk and urnvrl me or tuursi txst but there are exten-Ih exten-Ih dlstrh Is whre these miucrluls ale iinav tllHblr and In many pUuts earth rouiU intuit for u luia time be the means of euininunlciitlon This Is p irileularlf the im. In tin prairie iountr of Illinois Itarth ros Is during certain siusons of the car are Inferior to li m and more pleasant pleas-ant to drive over IhHii hard stone roid but during other pirls ot the ur they ma tieei mu praitleutlv tmpiteeuble. It U a wrliius quotlnn then, whether nnj-tblng nnj-tblng can b done to Improve earth roadl lit all stui.nn lit the viur As to lom-tton lom-tton the bulletin well as that the roads are moMl nlreadv eslHblUheel and the locations innot i.isll tie chinged The rlsht of vvuy In Illinois Is lt-lx Icet fur public roads ue t.nth of which the law nqiilris shnll le reserved for foot Havel on eaih side, between the property line and the ditch 1hl ni ikes the wagon wag-on road lift) three tut vvl lo Oritles on st'tp hilts should U reduced In tho Improvement Im-provement or a road, and when an cm-Uinkment cm-Uinkment Is made the earth should be deposited In livers, o that It will settle uniformly 'these lavrrs should be kept lower ln thc middle than at Ihe Mdi so that thrrc will Iw less lliblllty of the sides sll ling down l.ach layer snoul I be preud and rolled with a heavy roller The onilnart farm roller Is too light till will liaded with roik Tin most Important Import-ant thing In an eirth rout Is the dnln-ukc dnln-ukc No r ud of anv kind ean be permanent perma-nent without gu d drnlnx Drainage alone will ofttn niuke a bad road good, and tho lust roi will be dertroved bv bid ilriln-ngi ilriln-ngi VV liter Is the destructive agent In earth roads A well made road will bivo tbrep systems of drainage, ui'dcr-ibiitnaue ui'dcr-ibiitnaue 1 le dltclns nnd surface drainage drain-age Mopt roa Is need und r-dralnage, though water ma not stnnd In the si Ii ditches The ohjei t of the under drain l to lower the water tnble In the roll If the subsoil Is dried the rout will sustain almost au loid hut a soft suh'tratum will alwavs be a muddv roml The ro id neeils under drains more than th farm A peeonl object of these tin ler-drilna Is to ilrv tho ground qulcklv alter n freci-When freci-When the (ron (onies out 111 the spring It thaws as muth from the bottom us frnm the top If the roa 1 Is under-dr under-dr lined the water, when released by thiwtng from bi low Is Immeillatelv carried car-ried nwav and the real will then remain soil I V third ohtect Is to eirr off win; Is called the underflow Witer rises In tne sdl aft r It rreeyes, nnd If not dnwn off b under drains it saturates the sub. soil Itemovlng water the under-dnlns prevent dimige b frost since rrost cm-not cm-not heive n dr soil All roids except on uro sind can bo Imiroveil In tile drain" ttnn Is tiled without gnvcl aro better than gravel roids without tiles Ihe tile should he on the tide of the roiil ant not unler the mlldte since ih riidwiv Ixlng pill lied bv hoofs nhove will nit drain ns well na the side Ihe manner of laving the tile li shown In ft simple dligrim which shows how n single sin-gle tint nf tile mav be better thin two lines The manner of miking these ilnlm Is well described The si le surface dltchci are of Importance for carrvlrg off thc rainfall rsildlj bv hnvlng a free outlet Thev enn be well formed with the ordlnnrv road marhlne The center nf the roalwnv shoul I be high enough to enrrv the w iter freelv to the side ditches and It l of the greilest Importune i that the water shall not stand In tho sldo ditches but will ass nff with n freo outlet No earth roid enn b goo,l wllll water standing In the ditches i:cn on a steep hill there should b, si le dllchis so that the water mn not run down tho center of the ronil nnl form gullies No road will rcmiln gool unless kept gool It will not care for Itself whether built of earth or stone The secret of success Is In keeping the surface free frnm hnlet ant the side ditches clear tf the surface of the road Is properlv form 1 the water will run Into the tide dltchrs hut If It renillns nn the surface It will h worked Into mud on 1 make holes Huts holes ami depressions nf all sorts should he tilled ns soon as mule Mill holes nro made bv water stnnllnc on the surface and water Is the grent enmv nf roads A bnrd ron 1 I nnnt be made of soft mil t so the water must be gotten awiv before Ihe mud Is made In brief It means thit the making nnl care of ron Is shout 1 he In the hnnts of men who unlerslnnd th work an 1 should not be done In tho old sllpshol wav nf working out taxes and making the rouls worse In doing it |