Show OD ROAM HOW FARMER WAS CONVERTED conversion convention began when he realized value of good roads road in lessening cost coat of transportation when the rood go 4 roads campaign fol lowed close upon 0 the wider use of automobiles toino to blies ninny many farmers grumbled about tile prospect of high taxation which they ascribed to ni nit en endeavor denvor to benefit city motor owners at tho expense of tile tho rural community when tile fortner farmer began to buy automobiles to himself lie he experienced a change ahn ngo of heart ilia conversion really began when ho he realized tile the value tit of good roads in ili lessening tho the cost of transportation to himself rural mall delivery lie ito roads roada had to bo be better so BO that the carrier could got get through tho the coriner should lie even more fully reconciled to tile tha good roads development when lie ho learns ns no ho he may inny that a large of tho the license fees paid by both city and rural tits nu toino billato goes straight into tile tho good ronda roads fund in tho the united states 00 per cent of tho the license money goes into tho building and maintenance of state and country roads roada and this suni saw defrays 7 per cent of tile the total for road and bridge building steps in this direction have already been taken by most of tho the canadian provinces euid good roads expenditures aro are gradually on tile the increase In creaso along with tile tho increase in the number cumbe r of automobiles suggestion FOR GOOD ROAD easy way to put roof on an dirt road to keep it dragged after drahn draining and dragging A correspondent of an eastern angrl cultural paper suggests that hint inasmuch as it la Is water which makes bad roads the easy way to have good bood roads ta Is to puta put a root roof over them there Is this to ho be said for ills suggestion alint if a root roof were our country roads I 1 it would not on only keep keel water ofton off of it hut but would give na its a nice mindy drive during tho the six of 0 tile tho year when wo we would appreciate it tho the trouble la Is that tile the cost ot of putting up such a roof as lio lie hos has in mind and maintaining it would far exceed tile tho cost of making a really first class hard sur faced road which would need tio no roof the easy way to put a root goof over the ho dirt road Is to keep it property properly dragged after it line lias been drained says saya wallaces former ir arnier tho the most accommodating thing in tho the world it will run oft off it if you will give it half a chance D ward king tile tho apostle of tho the splitlog split log drag put tile tho king kina road noad drag of tho the good road into three words worda hard oval smooth that la Is all there la Is to a good road our problem in tile corn belt to in to get that kind of it ft road without paying pacing more than it ts Is worth to us wo we can call not have a hard oval and smooth dirt rond road it if wo we continue our stupid practice of piling up lit in tho the middle it mass of unpacked fresh dirt and sod nod last week wo we saw a very vere good road ruined by filling the center with fresh sod from tile the sides that should ho be made a criminal offense tense ol tho the sod holds the water just where wo we do not want it and just where it will do tile the most da dannage inage it should bo be thrown to one and nothing but clear char dirt put on tile the road bed and this flits should be packed firmly ni As soon PS put on the moro grass grans roots and sod cod on tho the road the lip riler to mako make it a good road gradually hard surfaced roads road I will como come in tho the neighborhood of cities find and tile alio larger towns of the die state but during tile tho lifetime of tile the present genara cioll rt at least most of our roads must bo be made of dirt if we can once really grasp tho the principle of putting a roof on oil the dirt road by the tha use of the drag and drainage wo will have made ado a long step forward the inv dinv amt step wilt will he be to oil tile the road and thus make the root roof more nearly waterproof such ft a road property properly maintained Is tho the best and most comfortable rond road in the world for or it Is not only hard bard oval nud and smooth hut but elastic clastic BS as well I 1 one quarter for labor in wi out of the total road and bridge expenditure of tho th was paid in labor that in worked out on the tha roads |