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Show PROPER SERVICE FROM DRAG Work Should Be Dane After a Rain While Earth Is Still Soft but Not Stloky. To secure results from the use tyl the road drag, it must be operated over the ordinary dirt highway at such a time as the earth is in proper condition to give best returns for the labor and effort expended. It Is not unusual to see men dragging a rond when the latter Is so dry as to make the effort one of scraping rather than dragging. Highways should be dragged while the earth is still soft after a rain, yet not soft enough to stick to the drag. The surface which results upon drying Is one which sheds water readily on the next rain if a proper slope to the road Is left. An experienced worker will accomplish this by always pushing a little earth toward the center of the highway as he operates the drag. |