Southern good roads . es tohaul a load to market. When thus meas\ired, ten milesof good, smoath liighway is not as long as a few milesof mud and stone. Our farmers are realizing moreand more that the distance they live from market ismeasin-ed in time and not in miles. Anotlier ad^antage that improved r(.)a,_ls will give111 a farmer is that it will permit him to take advantageof marivct thictuations in buying and selling, and Intaici advantage ,)t any special demand that may arisefor any of his products. It will permit iiim t do hishauling at any time of the year regaidless of ihc weath-er, and
Southern good roads . es tohaul a load to market. When thus meas\ired, ten milesof good, smoath liighway is not as long as a few milesof mud and stone. Our farmers are realizing moreand more that the distance they live from market ismeasin-ed in time and not in miles. Anotlier ad^antage that improved r(.)a,_ls will give111 a farmer is that it will permit him to take advantageof marivct thictuations in buying and selling, and Intaici advantage ,)t any special demand that may arisefor any of his products. It will permit iiim t do hishauling at any time of the year regaidless of ihc weath-er, and tlius whrn i( is too wet to work his cro]) Incan haul to and fro from toAvn. At the present time inmany sections of the country the farmer can only liaulto advantage in dry weather, and frequently the dryweather conies just at the time he is most needed tow<jrk his crop: so that he cither loses the opportunityof a demand that has arisen for certain of his productsat a good price or has ti neglect his crop. In many. Bad Road Between Racine anci Kenosha. On the Rijjht is the Chicago and Mil-waukee Electric Railway sections the construction of a system of good roads hasmade it possible for farmers living eight or ten milesfrom large communities to raise- garden truck whereformerly CDiild only i)e produced advantageouslywithin a few miles of a city. The railroads are alsogreatly affected by the conditions of the public roadsin regard to the transportation of farm jnoducts. forthe reason that on aceoi^nt of bad rjads many of ourfarmers are only able to raise certain crops and arconly able to haul them at certain times of the year,which means congestion of freight at llio railroads dur-ing certain seasons and from 50 to 75 per cent less dur-ing the rest of the year. I lielieve that these cimdi-tions in many sections of the country have a decidedeftect upon the freight rates that the railroads can givefor hauling farm produce. Congested freight, whichmakes it necessary for
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