Show GOOD ROADS AROUND A FARM driveways are frequently of sufficient importance to warrant some surface improvement eprom from weekly news letter untied united department of agriculture rends and drives immediately round around the farm yards and larnt which are used very frequently are usually of at sufficient importance to warrant some surface improvement very light or extremely sandy soils cut up badly in dry weather while certain heavy and absorbent soils lecomp very sticky and soft during the ho season where any consider considerable ablo amount ot of hauling Is necessary road over soils bolls of at this character may TO rc quire to io bo be surfaced many ot of the materials ordinarily employed in road construction will lie ile J improved farm driveway found too expensive for or use in improta tug lug the farm roads one or more ot of the following will however usually be found available and within tile tho means of the farmer for surfacing lis hid roads and paths gravel mixtures of sand and clay cinders brickbats brick bats from old buildings brickyard brick yard waste and quarry waste the material selected should however be hard enough to withstand crushing under heavy loads and possess sufficient binding power to lo compact well and maintain a firm hard surface under all ordinary weather conditions drainage an and a good foundation aro are tho the first considerations in improving a road with a hard bard surface the best possible foundation is a good earth road with a low crown earth shoulders may be graded upon each side to prevent the surfacing material from spreading as in the construction of an ordinary macadam road the material used for surfacing should bo be placed in a uniform layer or layers on this Coun foundation dation and should bo be given a suf but dent crown to shed tho the rain waters to the sides it if a road roller can be secured the material may be quickly consolidated soli dated otherwise considerable time will bo be required for it to be consolidated by the tr traffic aftic during this process tho the road should receive frequent attention with a splitlog split log drag or other means for smoothing the surface and filling the ruts on steep grades where there would bo be a tendency for the side ditches to wash this can usually bo be overcome by providing outlets and getting the water away from tile the road before it accumulates in largo volume on roads where wagons will not be required to pass each other a width of from nine to twelve feet between ditches will usually bo dent clent the surfaced portion need rarely exceed seven or eight feet there Is no particular virtue in building a farm road wider than Is necessary essaiy to answer tile the special traffic requirements the need or desirability ot of moving occasionally extra wide ot or heavy implements such as certain harvesting machinery over tho the roads should however ho not be lost sight of A little foresight in the alignment 0 ditches in providing ample width of 0 gates or cr of giving extra strength to cu lverts way may save r great deal of both annoyance and delay during some very busy period |