. Agriculture and the farming business . days spent upon the road at different times through-out the year will accomplish a great deal. It is a seriousmistake to devote all of the time in road building to a par-ticular season, leaving the road without care the remainderof the year. Most communities need a few men and teamsor graders spending their entire time in keeping the roadsin repair. Dragging earth roads.—One of the most useful de-vices for the maintenance of public earth roads is the split-log drag. This works with great efficiency on both earthand gravel roads. To obtain the best resul
. Agriculture and the farming business . days spent upon the road at different times through-out the year will accomplish a great deal. It is a seriousmistake to devote all of the time in road building to a par-ticular season, leaving the road without care the remainderof the year. Most communities need a few men and teamsor graders spending their entire time in keeping the roadsin repair. Dragging earth roads.—One of the most useful de-vices for the maintenance of public earth roads is the split-log drag. This works with great efficiency on both earthand gravel roads. To obtain the best results the roadsshould be dragged once each way after every heavy must be done while the soil is moist but not sticky. It is not necessary to employ the direct supervision ofskilled engineers for the maintenance and repair of earthand gravel roads, providing the rules and suggestions theylay down are carefully and intelligently followed. A dif-ficult piece of construction or fixing of grades should, how- THE FARMING BUSINESS 703. Preparing foundation tor macadam road. ^_ .i: - -- -1 ^^^^^^^Bln* iH Earth road—Bennington, Vermont. 704 AGRICULTURE AND ever, always be carried out under the supervision of anexpert. Use of the King Road Drag D. W. King has the following to say about the use ofthe road drag: The road drag is known to road makers throughoutthe civilized world. Road dragging is practiced in almost every
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