Show ATTENTION GIVEN TO ROADS ROAD S no matter what construction may be B high highways ways must be given some consideration let no man be deluded into the thought that sueh such things ns permanent roads are anre possible all roads no matter what kind require atten tion ion and the more they receive tin ietter better they are A chief cause for poor roads is the fact that a great proportion of the road work done tile the country over Is of so temporary and makeshift make shift tin an order of course tile tha only real satisfactory road in a all 11 we atherAs a hard rond road either paved au t I 1 aa 4 wy TA aka I 1 ik Z V tv t 4 V lw hard road well cared for or stone with gravel next in favor says indiana farmers guide but even such roads fall into disrepair if given no attention what Is said to be the worst stretch of highway in illinois was once a magnificent macadam road now it Is almost ispass i able owing to the deep hollows and ruts which it contains everyone gives it a wide berth and it IS 19 black list listed pd P d in till all automobile guides concrete and brick paving also must have oversight and repair have a saying that there thera Is no better road than a dirt road when it is dry tills this Is because in the case of a well drained earth rond road P alpass i passing ng ve vehicles i c es smooth out the ruts left after a rain and iron it into a sufficiently level surface to permit of easy traveling here again it Is a case of working the roads though the work given Is of an automatic kind and rendered without thought of the service performed however it soffie sometimes times takes a long time to smooth out the ro roughness ugliness after a rain especially it if the soil Is a heavy clay and usually the same makeshift attention Is given the earth road that Is the too frequent lot of macadam and gravel in some townships the dirt roads are dragged at rather infrequent intervals and it if a rain comes rl right ht after the dragging the effect of the latter Is largely nullified the best dirt roads year in and year out are those which are dragged whenever po possible sible at all seasons of the 3 year ear this should be done as soon after every rain ns as possible but not when the mud Is in such condition that it will stick lo io the drag it Is best to drug drag one sido side of the road at a time and forbid travel upon it until it Is thoroughly dry As a general rule the softer the material of which a road is composed corn posed the more laore frequent attention it should receive receive but let no one forgot forget that good roads of whatever kind hind tire are possible only at the price of constant oversight |