Show A OD 4 construction OF ROAD DRAG when principles aro are thoroughly understood urn dera der tood stood and intelligently applied work Is I 1 simple prepared by the united sta states t es department of f agriculture 10 drags are often constructed of planks instead of logs the plank should bo be strengthened along the middle line by a inch strip A triangular strip may be used under the tha lower edge of the blade to give tt it tho the proper cutting slope tha successful opera operation tion of the drag involves Involve a two principles which when thoroughly understood and intelligently applied make road working with this implement very simple the first concerns the length and position of the hitch while the second deals with the position of the driver on the drag for ordinary purposes the tha snatch link or clovis clevis should be fastened far enough toward the blade end of the 0 chain to force the unloaded drag to follow the team at an angle of 45 degrees this will cause the earth to move along the face of the drag smoothly and will glye give comparatively light draft to the team provided tho the driver irlies in the line of draft it if small weeds are to be cut or a furrowh furrow of earth Is to be moved tho the doubletree double trea reo should ha be attached rather close to the ditch en eni of the drag the drag will now mo move v b nearly ditch end foremost and th the 0 driver should stand with one foot 0 on n the extreme forward end of the front slab this will swing the drag back to 0 the prep proper angle and a hd wit will I 1 cause the blade to plow this hitch bitch requires slow and careful driving in order to prevent the the plank drag drag from tipping tapping forward if tho the blade should plow too deeply the daiv er should shift his weight to toward rard the tha back slab it if straw and weeds cloi clog the blade they can usually be ba removed if the driver shifts his weight to a point asfar as far as pbs possible sIble from the ditch ov 0 blade end usually two two horses are enough to pull a drag over an ordinary earthy road when four horses are used they should be hitched to the drag by means of a four horse evener tho team should be driven with one horse on 0 a either oi t her side of the tha right hand wheel track or rut the full length of the portion to be dragged and the return made over the other half of the roadway the object of this treatment to la to move mova earth toward the center of the roadway and to raise it gradually above the surrounding level while this la Is being accomplished all mud holes and ruts will be filled into which traffie will pack the fresh earth |