Show 0 GOOD ROADS ARE PRO TABLE loss loia to farmers in this country traceable to bad thoroughfares thoroughfare Is inconceivable the tha subject of good roads Is like the poor it Is always with us every eiery season tho the topic recurs with painful insistence even in this enlightened ago age when inventive genius Is doing everything that can be dono done to improve the conditions ot the country 0 adre are are places where the tha roads axe are so seriously neglected that one can cam scarcely pass over them with a medium load tho the loss to the tamers farmers in this country that can be traced directly to bad roads Is almost inconceivable 8 says aye Kim kimballs balls dairyman it Is not the purpose to try to compute this account here the expense of 0 hauling the waste of time in going for or repairs or in doing other necessary errands are all increased by poor roads these are conditions of eco nominal importance but there to Is another side to the good road question that Is of equal importance and that Is tho the social effect the farm that la Is located on a well kept well improved highway Is always nearer town than the one whose road connecting it with the market to la rough or poorly kept the time will come coma when people will say they are 20 0 minutes from town rather than two miles from town with the changes that are being made in moth meth k A ga R A Z all A fine example of macadam road well maintained dds of transportation changes will also be made in roads there Is sure to be an influence on the social life of df a community that can be directly traced to these methods of ishway improvement the home bome that Is located on a well improved highway Is always more attractive it is worth more when put upon the real estate market and it is a more pleasant place to live because the social intercourse between the neighbors and the town which must always be a social center is more tree free there Is less isolation and this Is what maea maces life in the country really worth while the farm home that la Is well improved that Is equipped as such homes may be now days that is located on a highway which puts the town and town friends almost next door to you leaves little to be desired there is still another point in connection tion with the good road and that Is tho the attractiveness of a well kept hard bard road bed who has not seen from the car window a long smooth road reaching out into the country bounded on all sides by green pas tures lures or well kept kepi fields passing over gentle hills and through shaded valleys leading ever onward such a road exerts an influence that is unmistakable calling the autom automobile obilee en n thua thu lafit slant and the one who loves to be out of d doors 0 om beckoning him to nome ou and speed over the hard smooth highway on such buch a road every turn otters offers now new enchantment every change of scene otters offers new blendin blen dinga gsand and adjustments of color colof effect surely the well kept road ta is a thing of beauty and a joy tot for ever prevent road trouble careful use of 0 a drag on a dirt road that Is already in reasonably good condition wil almost entirely prevent trouble from ruts ruta mud holes or dust and give good service at low cost implement does much good the road drag to is a simple inspru nent but when used at the proper prope r time it does so BO much good that it its s reunite are unbelievable by those who tre ire not acquainted with it Mater maternal lal la Is immaterial IL II does not matter it if the road drag be ma knaf I 1 a split log a largo large bridge plank I 1 an an old iron rail either c of f these wildo wil do tta bood work |