Show WHAT GOOD ROADS 00 SCHOOL ATTEND attendance AXCE SOCIAL CONDITION THAN A 15 per cent increase in the proportion li of 0 available children attend lue log schools took place following tho the construction ot of goodreds good rails in 8 counties 4 ott studied idled by tile tho ofilio ot of public Q roads roada and rural engineering of 0 tho the department it la is alloin lu in a recent publication ot of tha 31 ace department bulletin no tho the improvement it in roads was waa followed also lit in several of the counties tile the report shows by of a number of tho the litile one room schools into graded schoola which give tho iho pupils better educational advantages advant agea by a development of various industries and by improvements duo due t to 0 easier lit in these improvements are arc related closely to increases in land values and doe doerenbos in hauling costs effects also traced to the construe mon of improved roads the studies wore made in dinwid do die leo lee and wise counties va in III franklin county V Y wilas dallas county ala lauderdale Laudor dalo county miss arid and manatee C utility county flo fla in III apo Cou county lity average dally daily school attendance in fit creaked front ca 7 por poi cout cent ot of tile en ell roll grollment ment I 1 eforo tho the roads wore lia proved to 77 per cont cent after small schools ifcic consolidated de be tween 1909 tho the year car preceding tile building ot of good blood roads and an d 1013 the year itar following their completion the shipment of forest products alio tile principal products of tile the county increase id ed more than 78 percent por per cont tile in ili crease during this year in the poultry business in tho the county was 77 por per cont cent and in dairying por per cont cent in DinwId dinwiddle dlo county va tho the ay av rage dally attendance tor for 14 13 school ill on the improved douds was waa 63 4 po cent of the enrollment in 1012 13 while the average attendance for till all other schools in the county was wall bt bo por per cont cent several school lona ions have boon been effected larger school buildings havo have been constructed and pupils havo have been transported to school at the expense of tho the educato tonal lonal system since tile tho road improve monts cionta wore made truck gardening garden lne and dairying which were profitable only within 3 miles ot tho the market town of tile tho comity before tile tho road improvement are arc now carried on profitably within a 7 mile radius in ili loo lee county a a industry has been built up following tile the road improvements lit in tile the blila of tan bark extract wood and pulp wood products which could not bo be profitably bIX hauled over the anlin proved roads the hie improved highway system has attracted buum of farm products who travel from farm to farm arm and furnish ariew a new cash mar let het for the farmers I 1 there has baon a 25 por poi cent increase lit in buggies sold by a county vehicle factory in wise county va social conditions have lieen been bottorof botto bott rod erad since abo good roads were constructed man mally carmera tat mers along the improved highway havo have built now homes or improved im old ones adding sanitary conveniences school attendance has in croall ed cd materially but since compulsory attendance regulations wont into effect about the time tho the improved roads wore were completed of the two acthia could not bo be determined separately several avoral school consolidations have acon made automobile registrations lit in frank frankf tin county N Y increased from before tho the road improvement lit in 1912 to after road improvement in ili 1914 and two automobile bus bits lines connecting distant towns in the county aro were established 8 5 improved roads were opened a nol in ili dalr dallying ying and general diversification fi on the daims of 0 dallas dallao county ala since the improvement of tho the roads ot of that county in tile ho section of lauderdale laude Lauder dale dalo county M where most of tho the roads have lioen been improved tile tho school at tun danco increased from 72 per cent ot of OIL enrollment in 1912 just after the abo road work started to 81 por per cent in 1913 after tho the completion complot comp lotion lon ot of tho the work several school consolidations haab boon been effected in manatee monatto Cou county fity fla which produces chiefly fruits aulta and les these products could not bo be hauled over tho the sandy roads before tho improvements were made except at prohibitive cost in ili ono one year following tho completion or of the good roads the th area in vegetables increased about 1500 1600 acres tho the products of tile the county tho study aro are now being hauled to railway points enuch more cheaply than formerly for morly |