Show IMPROVING RUNDOWN RUN DOWN ROADS reconstruction can be accomplished without much work by method A good way of bringing up run down roads that are not sandy is to get the center of the road then corn mence to plow about tour feet from the center this can be done in the fall writes C E hashing in hoards dairyman there Is always about 16 feet ot the road that has not any sod have one team plow aud the other team on the ditch cleaner or road taa chine this road machine works the same as the plow the long side acts as the land side of the plow it runs in the furrow aid cannot slew the loose dirt elides along the short side called the moldboard this can be followed up until you reach the sod then do not use this road ma chine any more tor you will bunch nn n n it l CROSS satt OH AT A IRON amit lf yH 0 F n n 0 A ditch cleaner the sod but you can keep on plowing until you get 30 feet wide and let that lie until the next spring then commence where you left off with the road machine or ditch cleaner and plow with tone team and follow with the other team on road machine with this and the road drag you will be surprised with the results you can use four or six teams just as well as you can two it will not cost as much as to look after two do not place sods in the road for they are only a nuisance this machine Is made of two inch plank it is 12 inches wide and 12 feet long and the short piece is eight feet long I 1 used it last year and it Is a success it should be used on every road it will move as much dirt I 1 as a drag scraper and leaves it in better shape for traffic |