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Show USE TAR AND HAY COVERING Found to Wear Quite Satisfactorily Over Almost Pure Sand Roads in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin there are several long stretches of almost pure sand roads. Considerable difficulty is experienced In passing over them either in dry weather or in wet weather. Numerous schemes have been tried in an effort to 'make them passable, the most promising promis-ing of which at present appears to be a covering of liny and tar. Last summer sum-mer several sections of sand road were treated with this combination. After a few weeks of usage it was found to have withstood the wear of traffic and a stretch over a mile iu length was i given a similar application. So far, it Is said, the hay-and-tar covering Is wearing in a very astlsfactory manner. Pathfinder. |