Elementary principles of agriculture Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 282 Elementary Principles of Agriculture products of the farms and mills back and forth is greater on bad roads than on good roads, we might designate this difference as the 'bad-roads tax.' If the bad-roads tax on a community is enough to build and maintain good roads, the wisdom of the building is at once appar- ent. Statistics compiled by students of the problem of public highways say that the heaviest road tax is paid by the farmer who is compel
Elementary principles of agriculture Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 282 Elementary Principles of Agriculture products of the farms and mills back and forth is greater on bad roads than on good roads, we might designate this difference as the 'bad-roads tax.' If the bad-roads tax on a community is enough to build and maintain good roads, the wisdom of the building is at once appar- ent. Statistics compiled by students of the problem of public highways say that the heaviest road tax is paid by the farmer who is compelled to haul his prod- ucts over a neglected road. Fig. 179. If fifty tons of freight are hauled over such a road daily, what is the cost to the community for a year? 402a. Problem. Farmer Jones has a farm of 160 acres, six miles from the railroad. He raises corn, cotton and oats as money crops. He has 40 acres in corn, averaging 40 bushels per acre—1,600 bushels—115,200 pounds—576 tons. His roads are such that in good weather he can haul one ton and make one trip a day. If a driver and team be valued at $ per day, how much does it cost per ton to deliver his corn to market? How much per ton per mile? (41 cents) Would this latter figure be approximately true whether
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