Show ROAD BENEFITS OF COUNTRY ROADS among other things they cheapen cost of 0 transportation at on of 0 farm arm products to market good roads promote self respect in a community they make social intercourse they bring tho the benefits of churches and schools within the reach of all they help to keep the boys on the farm they cheapen the cost of transportation of farm products to the markets and thus add to the farm profits they add to the value of farm lands ranch much more than they cost they mark the degree of civilization of the rural community this in short Is the value of good roads as seen by the extension service of the university of Blisso missouri url college of agriculture the building of good roads is of the greatest importance to a comment community ty what kind of a road should be built of what should it be constructed k k 6 41 1 V X 4 ax 11 v 4 good roads like this bring farmer nearer to city markets what are the things to be considered in locating the road what grade 7 should be maintained how should the road be drained what are the laws governing highway construction there are tire a few questions answered in extension circular 68 dealing with country roads matters of prime consideration in locating a road are easy grades good drainage exposure to sunshine elimination of cu lverts and bridges by bj avoiding unnecessary creek crossings directness and the number of farms to be served for a given length of road whenever possible to avoid it a good location should not be rejected merely because a certain roadway has been in use for some time it if the location of a used road Is bad it should be changed it possible in relocating roads avoid railroad crossings at grades the grade of the road Is important for on this depends the weight of the load which can be hauled economically by grade is meant the rise or fall in feet for each feet in horizontal length of road usually expressed in percentage A 5 per cent grade means that the road rises or falls 6 5 feet each too feet along its center line it has been calculated that on a smooth coun try road the load that one horse could pull on a level would require two tuo on a 5 per cent grade three on a 10 per cent grade and four on a 15 per cent grade engineers usually figure a 0 6 per cent grade as a maximum ilond work la in missouri Bliss ourt has not been as well u ell managed as other public work projects have been too narrowly limited to localities resulting in frag effort skilled locating and supervision super cislon of construction have been generally lacking the remedies are first a wider operation cooperation co and the adoption adopt ton of broad schemes of improvement preferably with units no smaller than counties second the absolute elimination of political considerations in the spending of money third securing good engineering advice in the preparation of plans and requiring careful engineering supervision of construction st ENGLAND SPENDS 50 MILLION grants to that amount will be distributed tri buted for reconstruction of roads and bridges grants amounting to will be distributed by the british road board for the reconstruction of roads and bridges in england in 1919 de mobilized army units will mill be used to do the labor local highway author ties will be required to match this appropriation by at least as large a program of road work as they carried out in the year before the war area taken into consideration En Fri glands program Is thus far in excess of that of the united states including both federal aid and state funds POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE congressional report places annual loss at for transportation por tation alone the congressional report of 1914 placed the economic loss of the united states through poor roads at an an nual figure of tor for transportation por port tation atlon costs alone the heavy beaty I 1 increase in tonnage since that lime time probably makes the loss today close to 1000 |