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Show kscs277ri Tbe n, lv.iiilei.es to I e derived from g ' "I s r -ails are si ioaliiri.1,1 Hint all oilier in ,H. r.al should he discarded win re tun. 'i .,.i,l Mm is available fur ihe.r onii-inc-ll-ci nml imilnte- mince. I'.nt II Is g. eater oy lo use eiii'ili r gravel lh. in I., go to the - e of n .lea.lnnw. eg with ton e,,r.. t.i.i I. run,., ur i. nt. ii material. .Many us. ,s because ll Is .nut., easily prep HV I. A to nl si unci never be surface sur-face I tv ilh any thing sli-u t of H ap rock or set p -uline. Ini.-i lor imilcvinl may oflen be r.e I tvllh Imp- pity for the lust l.ij.-r in- fouii.l.-.'lon. Put ctou this should be .-elect-, I Willi treat rare. The i. il. resiiitin.- fro ii ImproTier ennsii ft'mi of st. uie ro ids are even cr -liter tl'.-in thoe fi.nu the use of Improper n at,-r. il. John I.. Maciidani never Intel. .It I tin! n I.eterOR.'llrnus con-.-liciici-.iti.i-i .ion,, n-d mud si: cil.l I'll' t a iii-ie.i,l-,-i road. Neither 01,1 Im Inlen I Unit the name slioold tie aoi.lie.l to rea.'s eniislrncte l of l.ir.re and s-iirt stones mixed M-r-thrr nml s-Ten,l upon t!" surfnee. The sur.'ac" of n r-'ad bo lt In this manner Is constantly i sturlie.1 by the .irgi-r rton-s. wh!"h wo-k to the surface sur-face ant which are k'l.vired bltlier ami thither by tlo wheel of vehicles and tl feet of nnlnials, Pnch methods nf eo-istrne'lon can not be too aeverciy coudentucil. lolrrrsl of Towns sn.l f'fllm. The interest of towns and cities In good maris la easily ileiiioratrnted, and In many cases ia nlretul.t- well uuili-r-BtiKid by tlieso coiiiiniiliillea. Tlie whole people have equal riglita on the country roads, nud tlmse living In tin cities nud tintna bavj often greater need of them than the fnriner, who nt a pinch could live upon what he raises, while the cities raise nothing and could not livo u day without tbe country ronds. The farms of tbo .'tilled Plate comprise com-prise less than one fourth of tho total property of the country, yet that ainnll fraction paya tho tvholo cost nf building build-ing roads. The Injustice of thla system, sys-tem, which wo have Inherited from tho old countries, but w htch w na abolished abol-ished there many yeara ngo, la not yet fully apprerlnted by tho farmer nf tbl country, and the greatest difficulty dif-ficulty now experienced In road Improvement Im-provement is lu getting tbe fnrmera' couaeut to bnve thla injustice wiped nut, nnd In inducing them to accept the nld which tbe cltlea nnd tnn-ua nre willing mul anxious to give to the general Improvement of the tilgbwuya. Ths. sinrfiMrtiia of Itwswls. A great difference In roads lies in the naturo of their surface. Ou a well made gravel road one horse can draw tvvlco ns much na he can on a well made earth road, while ou a bard and amooth alone road be can pull four tunc na much, ('ousequeiitly, where we linvo good gratel roniis. In-aloud In-aloud nf rnr.h ones, It la possible to mako one borso do the tvora of two, while on stone roads one horse will do tho work of four, fin a level alee! road one bursa can do the work ol twenty or moro horse over a level common road. After a road litis been properly located, locat-ed, graded nnd drained, me Important qnnlltlea of hardness and Binoothiioss should by nil menus be erured. Tb" various surfaces for food country ro o will be considered In the following order: Earth, gravel and stone. Toll Iteeita For Sinter fera. rerliups tlio only wuy lu wblcil auto-moblllst auto-moblllst will uct good run, is us speedways for themselves nlono may be by a revival of tbo old toil nm l system which prevailed In Now Ki'g-laud Ki'g-laud lu former generations. It Is nu., found In Indiana and a few U e. .-a btutes, and quilo frequently in tin-South. tin-South. Such roads aro construe. etl by prlvnto Interests, which demand tin-j-lug dtvblcuda lu tlio lunntier of any investment. in-vestment. If the iiutoiuoblllsls n:c willing to pay toll toward an nu o tnobllo rond thla will be their privl.e?. Anv rond that tho government inn: build will be for common use r."il would probably be monopolized 1 y ie farmers, who sllll look nskanee u: the automobllist. lloston Advcrtlacr. A Convlnrliitt lleinonstrotlon. Wbeu tho meuiuera of the leg.slninrc of Virginia visited the rouda of .c.t Jersiy, they found them cover .'d with nottiy fallen allow, which the farmers removed so as to show the firm, unoiih surface beneath. 'Jills ileinnnstni'.loii and tlin fact that wet snow mil not make the inneadaill roa l muiMy wee worth more than ni:y niiiount of n-g'.:-metit, nnd tho Virginian w ent 1: lie to their Impassable hlguwaja coiivc.-:-ed to road Improvement. llnsn risllli itlm l r-tot-nv. There Is civilization, enliglilciiment and economy In good rouda. Cool roiula lend to prompt ai. 1 ateaily nt tenilnneo upon church services, school room duties, neighborly liitercoii:-s? and socinl iidvntieenie' llnd made lend to profnulty, worry, trials nml tribulation and the loss of teams, vehicles, patience, niiporlunl'.le fo; good markets nnd lots of tlmu, Popular Unrstlnn. The good roniis people wont the Stnte to contribute many million for tin-lr cause, ii l nl prnhnhly tlio question will be submit led to popular Vote lu tile near future. , |