Show ROADS BADLY WASHED damage more extensive on grades than level stretches in sandy sand sections section wash may be effectively stopped by use of two inch planks clay road R ne e quires different treatment after hard or prolonged rains roads which bich have been constructed with at a hat flat surface are ara often gullied in the center or it the rond was well crowned the gutters or ditches are usually badly washed As aa a rule the damage Is more extensive on graceg than on an level stretches tills this Is because the damage in general depends on oil the tha velocity of 0 water and anci this of course la Is controlled t ra I 1 le d by I 1 the I 1 11 11 a a of f the slope a aye 1 ho be fr 1 1 er and farmer fanner it the water cuts natches very deep it might inight be adviga advisable ble to redu reduce co the grade of 0 the road it possible either cither by cutting down the summit or filling bt at the foot of the hill or both it must be remembered this la Is likely to be economical in ili thip th e end even it II the first cost seems high since it will not only save sava on future maintenance but will decrease tho the force required to pull a load at this point there are however many grades that cannot ba changed because of local conditions in sandy randy sections the wash may inay be b actively stopped by two inch planks plank from froin six to twelve inches wide and cut into threefoot three foot sections sec tlona these thee choit planks are sharpened on one end and then enough of them to cover three feet in width of the tha gutter or ditch are driven in edge to edge dge e for a depth ot of more than three reet feet at right angles to tho the grade of the tb road it if they are ara driven in a little morn more than lush flush with tho the gutter there Is no danger of the road machine or drag ing them in a clay section it Is a impossible to drive it a plank three feet fee t without splintering it the tha mf thod of construction la Is entirely different from that described tor for sandy sections Bec tlona old logs logo or railroad ties it abey can be secured gra are better under these conditions I 1 they should first be cut into four toot foot lengths trenches then are sunk in the gutters at right angles to tn the ilia road und and the tie or los log la is placed in the trench where the wash atash Is severe several logs logo are placed directly over each other like the dashboard be a ed in a dam tho the top log or tie Is placed at least four inches below the gutter in ili order to prevent it from coming in contact with a road drag or road machine in operation tho the ties or logs are placed from 20 to 60 feet fee apart according to the grade of the hill and it Is an easy matter to insert one whenever required the chief advantage rained by this use uee of logs or planks ts ili lint deop and dangerous ditches which uie not boniv a menace to travel but also biake ilia road narrow are arc removed when the he planks or logs are used the width of tho the rood road can bi bf ud by the tha public and the lie load lend Is always rare fate many sand beds beda that thai are bid bad sit at all scebon can be improved by mixing clay with sand by means of it plow w and harrow and alid then using the ro road a d drag systematically on the tha other hand band many clay sections that are bad in wet act weather can be improved by first plowing end and then mixing in sand b by y menno means of tho the harrow und and finally using the road drug drag |