Show HOW TO PATCH GRAVEL ROAD work should always be done when road Is wet preferably when water Is standing in ruts ruta patching Is IB usually neglected or done in such a way as to cause two ruts to form abero there was waa but one before that la 19 tho the invariable result of filling a rut too full this work should always be done when the road Is wet preferably when the water Is still standing in every little hollow on the road s surface u so that the workmen can just see gee where to place the new gravel and about how much Is needed unless the rut Is a ver very y large one it Is always best to shovel the gravel from the wagon into it rather than to raise a sideboard and attempt to dump a part of the load patching done in the proper manner when the road Is wet followed by a road drug drag will maintain an old gravel road surface as good as new until it Is so badly worn worm that an entirely new surface la 13 required the gravel should never be poorer than that forming the surface layer of the old road and especially should contain a little but not an excess of clay |