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Show MUCH IMPROVED DIRT ROADS Intelligent Use of Drag Will Benefit Roadway, No Matter What the Nature of the Soil Is. The dirt road can be very much Improved Im-proved by the intelligent use of the road drag. This has been proved beyond be-yond a doubt in the states that have legislated in favor of road dragging. No matter -what the soil, the intelligent intelli-gent use of the drag will improve the roadway. Mind you, I used the word 'intelligent, says a writer in Successful Success-ful Farming. A sandy soil is hard to handle. Where gravel is available a gravel containing considerable clay a surfacing sur-facing of six or eight inches with this material will greatly benefit a sandy road. The first thing essential in road Improvement Im-provement is good drainage. You first get the water away from the sides of the road so the deep-seated roadbed road-bed can dry out and harden. When the side drainage is perfect, then the next essential is to crown the road so that surface drainage off the road is perfect. Even a dirt road cannot get very muddy if the water has no chance to stand in the wheel tracks. With surface water eliminated, and ditch water taken care of, the roadbed cannot soften very much. Every highway, whatever its construction, con-struction, should be patrolled by a man who Is on the lookout for clogged ditches and the breaking of the road surface. A shovel in the hands of a road walker will do more to make good roads than the most elaborate outfit used only when roads become Impassable. |
