OCR Text |
Show j IMPROVED ROADS j ENTRANCE ROADS FOR FARMS Engineers of Bureau of Public Roads Recommend Use of Bituminous Material. Owners of large farms and rural estates seeking a more satisfactory type of entrance roads have applied to the bureau of public roads o the UDited States department of agriculture agricul-ture for advice regarding the application applica-tion of bituminous material on main entrance and mut'h-traveled farm lanes. The bureau's engineers point out that such applications tiiay be made successfully on any farm road which has already been constructed of stone, gravel, or other similar material and is in a thoroughly compacted and reasonably rea-sonably smooth condition. A coal-tar preparation applied cold, 07' an as-phaltic as-phaltic oil, can be used, and if applied by the farm employees, the cost should not exceed 7 or 8 cents a square yard for materials. The compacted gravel or stone road should be thoroughly cleaned of dust and the bitumen applied with ordinary sprinkling pots from which the perforated nozzle noz-zle has been removed and the spout carefully flattened into a symmetrical rectangular opening about one-quarter of an inch wide, so that the material may be poured In a broad, flat stream. If a large amount of work is to be done, a specially designed pouring can may be purchased of dealers in road equipment. Care should be taken to have an even distribution, and the quantity, applied should be approximately approxi-mately one-half gallon to a square yard of road surface. After applying the bituminous material, clean gravel or stone chips should be spread evenly even-ly over the surface, and, if possible, rolled with a lawn or field roller. Where gravel or chips are not available, avail-able, clean, coarse sand will serve as covering material. It should be spread . In sufficient quantity to prevent the bituminous material from adhering to tires of passing vehicles. Attention Is called to the fact that this treatment should not be made where drainage Tasf? . , . , , rf v , . 4 . fiifv iti"3 Well-Made and Well-Cared-For En. trance Road. from the stahles or barns will flow over it. Where mndholes are likely to form around hitching posts or at stable entrances,. If a more durable pavement Is desired, a section of concrete con-crete slab should be laid. ROAD DRAG MOST BENEFICIAL Implement Is Used Wherever Roads Are Built Ruts Are Removed Quickly by Its Use. If there Is a call for a piece of machinery to economize the growing or handling of crops it seems to be forthcoming sooner or later. Hut it remained for a farmer to Invent one of the simplest as well as the most beneficial of implements from the standpoint of universal comfort brought about by its use. It is used wherever men build roads, and ruts disappear after it has taken a trip over them. Measured in dollars and cents it costs only a trifle, but measured meas-ured by the service It gives, It Is worth millions. We refer to the road drag. Before it was Invented the roads were worn down only by travel and It often took weeks to do It. The drag does It In a day. Successful Fanning. |