Show 0 ROAD I BUILDING j BENEFITS OF COUNTRY ROADS Among Other Things They Cheapen Cost of Transportation of Farm Products to Market S Good roads promote self respect In Ina ina a community They make possible r. r social Intercourse They bring the bene benefits ts of churches and schools within with with- in the reach of all They help to keep beep the boys on the farm They cheapen the cost of ot transportation of farm products produces to the markets and thus add to the farm profits They add to the value of farm lands much more than 7 they cost They mark the degree decree of ot civilization of the rural community This in short Is la the the value of ot good roads as seen by t the e extension service e of the University of Missouri College Collee of Agriculture S The building of good roads Is s of ot the greatest Importance to a community What kind of a road should be built Of what should It It be constructed S. S 5 e J S SS S 4 7 J S S 'S b I 7 s 's 5 5 S 5 S- S S sS' sS i 5 Good Roads Like This Bring Farmer Nearer to City Markets What are the things things' to be considered In locating the road What grade should be maintained How ow should the road be drained What are the laws governing highway construction There are a few questions answered in In extension circular 68 CS dealing with country roads Matters of prime consideration In locating a road are Easy grades good drainage exposure to sunshine elimination of culverts and bridges b by avoiding unnecessary creek crossings directness and the number of farms to tobe 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 If the location of ofa t. t I Ia a used road Is bad It It should be changed If possible In relocating roads avoid railroad d crossings at nt 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 5 feet each tOo feet along Its center line It has been calculated that on a smooth country country country coun coun- try road the load that one horse could pull on a level would require two on a n 5 per cent grade rade three on a 10 per cent r grade and four on a 15 per cent grade Engineers usual usually y figure a 6 per cent grade as a maximum Road noad work In Missouri has not been as well managed as other public work Projects have been too narrowly limIted limited lim tim to localities resulting In fragmentary fragmentary fragmentary frag frag- effort Skilled locating and supervision of construction have been generally lacking The remedies are First a wider operation co and the adoption of ot broad schemes of Improvement Improvement improvement Improve Improve- ment preferably with units no smaller than counties Second the absolute elimination of political considerations In the spending of money Third securing securing se so- curing good engineering advice In the preparation of plans and requiring careful engineering supervision of con con- |