. Agriculture and the farming business . profit, appearance and convenience of the farm. Importance of Public Roads There are in the United States about two million twohundred thousand miles of roads. Of this immense stretchof public highway, two million miles are classed as earthroads. This is to say that we have enough earth roads tocircle the globe eighty times at the equator. Good roads and prosperity.—A study of historyshows that every great and prosperous nation has built agood system of public roads, while primitive and unpro-gressive peoples are satisfied with poor roads. In ourown cou
. Agriculture and the farming business . profit, appearance and convenience of the farm. Importance of Public Roads There are in the United States about two million twohundred thousand miles of roads. Of this immense stretchof public highway, two million miles are classed as earthroads. This is to say that we have enough earth roads tocircle the globe eighty times at the equator. Good roads and prosperity.—A study of historyshows that every great and prosperous nation has built agood system of public roads, while primitive and unpro-gressive peoples are satisfied with poor roads. In ourown country we find the most prosperous and progressivecommunities are those that are giving attention to thebuilding and maintenance of good roads. Need for good roads.—Because good roads allow thefarmer to haul his produce to market at a minimum of ex-pense in time and energy, he can make more profit out ofhis crops and stock. And the prosperity of the farmeris sure to increase the prosperity of all business and pro- 696 AGRICULTURE AND.
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