OCR Text |
Show Tho tiiHqMi ul tiiMMl'ltttad." Mr Imic D, Totter, chajnunn of the Ni-vv Yorrf State Ituad linproioiueot u MMjliitioti, Iwgs the pardon of tlw rurul community for saying tliti the fnrm r la not the only honest man In tbe world Then' he proceed to give Ut farmer fil low cttttarus such a TMn on iood rotdt aa (bey nater gbt l?6ro,'and nue that will mnlnd Uicmof an exhortation about Die rood to heaven. Mr Potters little pamphlet Is published pub-lished by thu Kew York tttato Iloa li.i I rorem jut njxhtion. It la to Ut hop 1 It will be distributed throughout th-j length and breadth ot this land of poor roods. The stylo ft that of a familiar, forcefnl talk. Tanners are first of all suoHii bow lauili they low In pocket )eur by year through our wrctcbtd road i) item. In Trance tbd government superintends tbo publlo highway and spend (IB G00.OW a year to keep them up. aud the territory it only four ttmua at large as the state of New York. Dut, In Trance, on the smooth, bard road. one horse cin trot alonj merrily aud ding after htm n weight of a ton and a third, while In tae Uuftod State tuu borsct frequently break down under a scant 1 half ton load. The extra wagon repair extra horses the agriculturist mtut keep, extra vexation, delay and loss will atnoant to itx times tie coit of a good road every j ear. Mr. I'ottrr appeal to tbo American dcttrofor gain diiectly at every point Ho shows how good road bnug up the valoe or laud c cry time Near Orange N J tit land ho liKreawil In value from f 1.V00 au acre to f-'.OJO, tiro ply became be-came of oe iv roal. In Union county, N. J,, a fow year ago the l-aople waked up aud put In sixty miles of Telford road, from 9-10 and $73 an aero farm lands at once g-ivo a gruit Jnuip up" ard to f.'iX) anacro. Mr Totter recommends alwa) ibe Telford rood, with Ha firm foundation otrlargo solid stones at the bottom tff all OreatlydestrncUre to a road It tht narrow tire umli r a heavy weight, nud In lhnurlaluo width or the wagon tire Is regulau d by law Tor Instauco, a two w bee I wngon for t wo horse mutt h e a 4 Inch tire, white a two wheel vehicle drawn by three or roar horses most have a tire six Incbeewldo. The four wheel wagou drawn by three or four horses must luve a tire four Inches wide "Water," ) a the writer, "has no place fnauy road, good or bad. It u more bnrtfal tlutn any other agent of distinction." |