Show MAKING A SPLIT LOG DRAG anyone can make one to cot Cost from almost nothing to depending on an materials material used ud A subscriber in latah county idaho asks us to give ill him in a plan tor for making a split log drag for working the roads in his county and also wants to know how to use one says the western farmer the rho drag may be made of 0 a log say cay eight feet long and 12 in indies cilles through split spilt in the middle or of two pleceda of sawed oak or other substantial wood 2 by 8 inches after a log la is split giving two flat faced slabs bore bora three awo wo inch holes in each slab as shown in drawing connect the slabs blabs facing tho the same direction with three stakes or rounded a 3 by 38 long enough to leave three feet of space between the slabs after the connecting places have been driven into the holes two or three planks can be ba nailed to these pieces affording a place tor for the driver to stand and at the same time strengthening the drag use a chain or strong rope for attachment to the doubletree double tree supposing the drag to face west and assuming that a chain Is used fasten one end of the chain to or around the left hand band outside con no acting brace letting the chain pass 0 ver over the top of the slab it if attached to the face of the slab near the left hand end the chain would I 1 interfere a with the movement of dirt toward that end of the drag the drag Is in run at ru an angle of about 45 degrees so that dirt can bo be thrown toward one side the other end of the chain must be fastened to the face of the front slab near where the right hand connecting piece comes through ough and not around the connecting piece as it Is in the illustration shoe about three feet of the bottom edge right hand band tilde side of the front froni slab dab with a piece of iron or steel ot of the right length about three inches wide and a half inch thick with one edge sharp or beveled put it on securely letting the sharp edge project about halt an ince below the edge of the slab this shoo shoe wilt will enable the drag better to shave the surface and cut down the hard ridges which are usually met on roads road that have not been kept A good drag will cost from almost nothing to aso depending on the ma 47 I 1 x 0 X V split log drag berfal and construction and last five to ten years anybody can make one roads should bo be dragged 10 or 12 times byear R year the time la Is after each soaking rain so that the drag will form a smooth mud coat on the face when the frost IS leaving the ground Is an excellent time timer the drag should be in use aae from then until winter the work does not interfere with ordinary farming operations as when it te Is the right time to drag the soll soil to la too wet or the conditions for or many kinds of field work it to Is dim quit cult to invent a good excuse for not dragging used at tho the right tine time and with proper frequency on practically all types of earthy soils and those of the clayey or rolling sections the drag will make roads smooth hard and convex the three fundamental character katics of an ideal dirt road the pro coos will form a sort eort of abell or casing over the surface which will shed water like a root roof and by distributing travel over the entire area instead of confining it to the center the shel she will constantly increase in solidity at the outset dragging cannot ba done so rapidly as when the road has ban aten shaped up by several sweeps of the drag after thle preliminary work the job can bo be dono done in calf the time anally required any boy and farm learn icam can operate tho the drag |