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Show KEEPING UP COUNTRY ROADS Whether or Not Farmer Lives on Pub-lie Pub-lie Highway He Should Take Interest In-terest In Nearest One. Every fanner should feel his dependence de-pendence upon good roads. Whether or riot one lives on a public highway he should take an Interest In the nearest near-est one to his farm Or the road he must use to market his farm, orchard and garden products. There. are many times when a day's work can be spared for the rood. Aft-,er Aft-,er heavy rains the road may-need certain cer-tain repairs or Improvements when the overseer is not ready to call out the hands. Why not Individual farmers donate a day's work on the road at such time? i By keeping a road drag and drag-King drag-King the road along one's land fter heavy rains the road may.be greatly Improved. It Is an easy matter to have an agreement so each farmer will drag the road In front of his farm.' This would maintain the road till the regular regu-lar hands could be culled out at stated Intervals or till the commissioner could make the repairs. . The tithe has come when, we must copslder the roads an asset, Indispensable Indis-pensable to the well-being of the farmer farm-er Jnnd his family, This being true, Is It pot every man's duty to do all he can to keep .'the' roads' In good condition?. condi-tion?. ' ' . , |