. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. GOOD ROADS 443 It costs from $15 to $50 a mile to grade an ordinary earth road thirty feet wide. The cost depends upon the soil and the condition of the road, the time when the work is done, and the price of labor. Earth Road Maintenance. Every spring, before the ground becomes too hard, the road should be gone over thoroughly with the road grader, to clean out the ditches,. A road drag. SO that the water may have a free outlet. Ruts and holes should be filled, elevations in the road and shoulders on the side of the road should be plane
. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. GOOD ROADS 443 It costs from $15 to $50 a mile to grade an ordinary earth road thirty feet wide. The cost depends upon the soil and the condition of the road, the time when the work is done, and the price of labor. Earth Road Maintenance. Every spring, before the ground becomes too hard, the road should be gone over thoroughly with the road grader, to clean out the ditches,. A road drag. SO that the water may have a free outlet. Ruts and holes should be filled, elevations in the road and shoulders on the side of the road should be planed off, and the road should be put into good condition generally. Earth roads have a pronounced tendency to form ruts. When ruts begin to appei^r on the surface, they should be immediately filled with carefully selected new material. A fundamental principle in the repair of any road is that, whatever material is used in the construction of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Call, Leland Everett, 1881- [from old catalog] comp; Kent, Harry Llewellyn, [from old catalog] joint comp. Topeka, The State of Kansas state printing plant
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