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Show tion as was formerly' done by two; one man with a modern binder accomplishes ac-complishes what formerly required nine men and the steam threshing machine handles as much grain as 150 men could formerly handle with the Hail. The cost of shipping ship-ping a bushel of gruiu from Chicago Chica-go to New York is today one-fifth of what it was at the close of the war and we can ship it from there to Liverpool for 4 cents where it Uaed to cost 10 J cents, but the cost of carrying a bushel of grain for four or six or eight miles, from the farm to the railway, is. very little, if auy, less than it was many years ago. ' ; It ought to be made possible for the towns to construct hard roads without over-burdening themselves or the county with taxes. This can be accomplished by the meth- Xii1nrv 1 1 vr- T-...T t.r.n- I 1- COST OF HAULING CROPS. Tlie question 'o $ecnrinff better country roads' to' conbect farms with the railroad stations is be. coming more and more important Throughout the life of this country coun-try it has i beep.Vlet io.tljermers themselves to lay out and improve country roads doin the best they could with the limited means and appliances, ntH tneir disposal ,ahd building iher best iroads they knew how. Bailroad and steamboat lines have been heavily subsidized by the governments towns and cities have levied -taxes'" for their construction; bivi the eoHintry highway has been left in tho hands f the farmer far him to take care of as best he might Now that our ' transportation facilities- hare, been developed iuto the greatest sy&tem of its kind in the worhl, nd when our wheat and corn growivJathe fertile plains ot the;.Nortbttfeyt, arb marketetl abroad; " when this' European Eu-ropean market begins to be- over-ruu over-ruu with cosnpetitors from Russia and SouJth Ainerionit becomes important im-portant ftli growing ami transportation of cerr eals shall bo m.nle as economical as possible. With M the, . help af improved tait-iuiaary. ; xirie man ji-eju'es as uxwih lanj.1 for cultiva- |