Southern good roads . Top Soil Koad in Wake County, N. C, built under the supervision of Mr. W. L. Wiggs, the gentleman in the buggy. SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS June. 1915 mules used in Franklin township was perhaps greaterthan would ordinarily he the ease, as they were usedfor a longer period than mv;les shjuld be used. Themost eeonomical method of handling this item is to pur-chase young mules five or six years old and of not lessthan eleven hundred pounds weight, work them for twoor two and one-half years, and sell them before theirannual depreciation becomes great on account of theirage. To prefe
Southern good roads . Top Soil Koad in Wake County, N. C, built under the supervision of Mr. W. L. Wiggs, the gentleman in the buggy. SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS June. 1915 mules used in Franklin township was perhaps greaterthan would ordinarily he the ease, as they were usedfor a longer period than mv;les shjuld be used. Themost eeonomical method of handling this item is to pur-chase young mules five or six years old and of not lessthan eleven hundred pounds weight, work them for twoor two and one-half years, and sell them before theirannual depreciation becomes great on account of theirage. To prefer again to tlie importance of the qualifica-tions of foremen, I wish to quote some figures thatcame within my experience. In one of the counties in which I had charge of thework. I used six outfits of equal equipment and on likework. Two of the foremen were men experienced inthe kind of work they were doing. The other four, whileenergetic, hard working men. had never liandled thatkind of work. At the end of three mont
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