Show 0 GOOD ROAD WORK IN WINTER maintenance of dirt roads road Is problem confronting farmer mak ing spilt log drag one of tilt lie problems confronting the ithe farmer fanner Is tile question of 0 maintenance of dirt roads not noi only should dirt ronda roads bo be maintained during tile the spring and aind summer nio months but the winter months ns as well veil especially Is this true where there Is riot not nit an overabundance of snow which conditions exist with many of our tenders readers the king road drag may bo be used with much bonant during the winter months just after thaws or rains good work can ho be done at this time of tho ho year icer because boca uio the soli soil Is crumbly or mealy and pushes easily toward the center of the road if tile the road load has lite been properly cared for during tho the summer and fall it will be only it slight task to drag it during the winter whon when conditions are right at that season of the year there is little for tile the work team to do and in early curly spring the roads will be in shape to turn water and permit of early drying in fact the winter dragged roads will be dry and hard in the spring when neglected roads will be soft boft rutty and springy there Is no best beat time to drag roads go after the work and then drag whenever you can during the winter then your sour roads will ho be in good shape next spring make blake a splitlog split log road drag and keep it going on n tho the highway D word ward king the lie inventor of the drag gives the following directions for making a splitlog split log drag take the two halves of a split log ten or twelve inches thick and seven to nine feet long set the halves flat sides to the front fasten SO 30 indies inches apart with strong stakes the ends of which tire wedged in two inch auger holes bored through the slabs put a solid plank platform ou on the stakes for the river driver to stand on the hitch is made of strong wire or chain the long end fastened to stake over the top of the front slab the short end should be put through a hole made in center of the slab and near the end to prevent the back slab tilting forward face four or flo five feet of the ditch end of uie the front slab with iron an old wagon tiro tire worn share of road grader or any piece of flat steel will answer for tills this purpose As a general rule always haul the drag tit at an angle of 45 degrees moving the dirt to the center of the road |