Ontario Sessional Papers, 1904, . tc., eitherby personal or hired labor. He shouldbe able to send a man over the roadsas often as necessary to repair tlie effectof ordinarv wear. Iletter still, a manshould be employed to devote his wholetime to a certain mileage of roads, tomake repairs as they become necessary. Iv wasted, being mixed with the mudfrom beneath. When this occurs a com-paratively great exjienditure is neededto mike the ro;d as good as before. THE GRADING MACHINE lload graders arc one of the most im-portant and useful of modern inven-tions. They have ellected a great sav-
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1904, . tc., eitherby personal or hired labor. He shouldbe able to send a man over the roadsas often as necessary to repair tlie effectof ordinarv wear. Iletter still, a manshould be employed to devote his wholetime to a certain mileage of roads, tomake repairs as they become necessary. Iv wasted, being mixed with the mudfrom beneath. When this occurs a com-paratively great exjienditure is neededto mike the ro;d as good as before. THE GRADING MACHINE lload graders arc one of the most im-portant and useful of modern inven-tions. They have ellected a great sav-ing in the work of making and repair-ing country roads, and have reduced thecost to a consiaerable degree. A few years ago the most preten-tious roadmaking implement in any oftl:e township municipalities was the dragscraper. The most wiciidy used of themore modern implements is now theroad grader, and this has almost revo-lutionized the cost of preliminary earth-work, while it is exceedingly useful inthe repair of old The majority. Where scraping is lu-ided in the early spring. Every farmer, too. should ap))reciate theTalue of good roads sullicieiitly to vol-untarily devote time to the roads pass-ing his property, rather than to pev-•niTt them to become bad or impassable•beoause of neglect. Where a council, as is commonly the•case, provides materials, gravel, tile,•etc., for road maintenance, out of thegeneral funds, one man with horse andcart, and help when recpiired, can keepin repair ten miles of gravel ()r stoueroad, at a cost not exceeding the sta-tute labor along the road commutedat one dollar a day. It is one of the great advantages ofthe new system of road managementbeing adopted by townships and coun-ties, that men can be employed to workon the roads whenever and whereverneeded. Neglect to keep the surface ta road smooth and in repair permits itto break up badly in the spring andfall, and the gravel or stone is large- of townships have only one, quite a
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