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Show Improving; Rural Roads We are learning that poor roads impassable during part of each year, are one of the farmer's greatest problems. Those who Uve in cities, from which fine paved highways stretch away m all directions, probably have a dilficuli time understanding his predicament. . But if they can imagine themselves living on an isolated farm, without means for going to town, or for receiving medical or fire-fighting service in case of need, they will have an inkling into the plight of millions of American farm families. The good roads movement must be extended into rural districts and amount of traffic must not be the major consideration. Modern construction methods have made possible the building of good as-phaitic as-phaitic surfaced roads, passable and safe under all conditions ,at an extremely low cost. In any sound consideration of permanent and substantial "farm relief," the problem of good roads for fast, economical transportation of persons per-sons and goods, should play an important part. |