Show HOW TO PATCH GRAVEL ROAD work should always alway be done when road I 1 wet preferably wh when water it Is standing in ruts rut patching Is 1 neglected or done in such a way as to cause two ruts to form where there was but one before before that tha t Is the invariable resu result it of filling a rut too full this work should always be done when the road Is wet preferably when the water Is if still standing in every little h hollow 0 flow on the road surface so that the workmen can just see gee where to place the new gravel and about how much Is needed unless the rut Is a very large one it Is always best to shovel the gravel from the wagon into it rather than to raise a sideboard and attempt to dump it a part of the load patching done in the proper manner when the road Is wet followed by a road drag will maintain an old gravel road surface as good as new until it Is so badly worn that an entirely new surface Is required the gravel should never be poorer than that forming the surface ae layer of the old road wid and especially should contain a little but not tin an excess of clay |