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Show HOW TO PATCH GRAVEL ROAD Work Should Always Be Done When Road Is Wet, Preferably When Water Is Standing In Ruts, Patching Is usually neglected or done In such a way as to cause two ruts to form where there was but one before. That Is the Invariable result of filling a rut too full. This work should always 1 done when the road la wet, preferably when the water is -still stnndlng In every little hollow on ;he road surface, so thnt the workmen an Just see where to place the new gravel and about how much is needed. Unless the rut Is a very large one, t is always best to shovel the gravel from the wagon Into It, ruther than to ,-alse a sideboard and attempt to dump i part of the load. Patching done In he proper manner when (lie road Is vet, followed by a road drag, will naintain an old gravel road surface is good as new until It Is so badly vorn that an entirely new surface Is cqulred. The gravel should never ha irjorer than Unit forming the surface, ayer of the old road, and esifc:ally hould contain a little, but not an ex-ess ex-ess of clay. |
