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Show KEEPS ROADS IN CONDITION Device Known ss Chuck-Hols Fillet Has Been Invented by Idaho Man for Work In Country. A simple device for keeping country coun-try roads In good condition, an4 known as a chuck hole filler, has been Invented by an Idaho farmer. By means of an lUnch steel disk oi blade, which revolves upon one one of a steel rod fastened to a rear axis A Machine for Keeping Country Roadi In Good Condition. of the vehicle at such an angle thai the disk la slightly out of line with th rear wheel, the disk cuts and throws the dirt toward the wheel, and a drag 3V4 feet long. Immediately behind th disk, levels the surface as the vehicle Is drawn along the road. The ma chine weighs about ISO pounds. Good Roads, The making of good roada Is one of the most Important duties of the American people, and their prompt repair and careful maintenance la eaacntUI. There Is probably no subject sub-ject in which the progressive farmer k. more deeply Interested than that f having roads connecting him with bis markets over which he may be able to haul the greatest possible load. Quod roads, like all other good things, are too expensive to build and of too much value to be neglected. |