Show ng b HAD BA ROAD RUA CONDITIONS CAUSE ASE BIG DAMAGE TO Til RANCHES S The United States Slates department of agriculture estimates that the tho farmers farmers farm farm- ers of the United States are on account of oC the Inaccessibility of their products at certain times tines of the year due to tob b bad d road conditions Investigation shows that there thero are many counties rich In a agricultural products l but ut burdened with l bad ad roads where the annual incoming shipments greatly ex e. e With improved ell road roads n s such h counties could not one only only- f be he u 1 but could s1 ship lp products 10 b other mar mar- In 1 1000 1909 O the p percentage g o of improved roads in the Ices c Elig i lla d 22 n and the percentage p of illiteracy was only onh 17 In the South Atlantic states tho percentage of improved roads was only 67 ans and anal Illiteracy 12 The excess of Illiteracy cy in rural over Urban population due to toa 0 lower louver l percenta percentage percentage per per- centa e of or improved roads showed showell for the South Atlantic states per percent percent cent and per cent for Cor the New England 1 states In both of or these comparisons comparisons com comO 1 only native whites of or native I parentage were considered i |