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Show POINTS FOR ROAD DRAGGING. Pithy Advlc For This Importsnt Msthod of Improving Highways. The follunlug iwlnln urn to be borne In mliid In dragging u road. Make n llplit drag, uhlcli U hauled urer tho rond at an inmlo t nbout forty for-ty (he degree, no thnt a small amouut of earth U pushed to thu center of the road. Drive the team ut n walk. Hide 011 tho drill. Do not walk along the side lk'Kln at ono sldo of tho read or wheel track, returning en thu opposite side ' Drag the road us noon aftur eiery rnlii as iKMslliks but nut when tho mud Is In siieh n condition as to stick to the drag. Do not drag n dry road. Drag whenever xHllJn at all seasons sea-sons of the j ear If a rosd Is dragged ImmedlaM) befuro u cold spell It lll frcexo lu n smooth uondltiou. The n 1:1 tli of the traveled nay to he maintained li) the drag kIioiiM lie from sixteen to twenty feet, first drag a little more than the width of 11 sluglu wheel track, theu gradually Increase until the desired width la obtained Alnns drug 11 little tarth tn the cen tor of the rond until It Is raised from ten to twelve Inches above thu edge of the traveled way. If tho drag cuts too much shorten the bitch. Tho amount of earth that tho drag will enny nlong ran be ery consider ably controlled by tho drlter accordingly accord-ingly ns ho stands near tho cutting edgo or nwny from It The best results from drugging are obtained onlv li repented applications |