Southern good roads . arolinas. Realizing this, iMarioncounty has through special act of the state to bond herself for one hundred thousand dol- lais. and under a siiei-ial Hoard if Road Commissionels, spend this money on good roads. So it will not belong before many of the cotton growers of Marion c;ingo to 1 iwn in the moining. await the huyers ad\ it the pioce pleases hiiM. lie can jihone to his farmand have his wagons, alreadv loaileil maybe, come tothe i-ounty seat m town loaded with six baleseach. The .Maiion county farmer will be able to takejust t.\i
Southern good roads . arolinas. Realizing this, iMarioncounty has through special act of the state to bond herself for one hundred thousand dol- lais. and under a siiei-ial Hoard if Road Commissionels, spend this money on good roads. So it will not belong before many of the cotton growers of Marion c;ingo to 1 iwn in the moining. await the huyers ad\ it the pioce pleases hiiM. lie can jihone to his farmand have his wagons, alreadv loaileil maybe, come tothe i-ounty seat m town loaded with six baleseach. The .Maiion county farmer will be able to takejust t.\iee the advantage of the moment that a farmercan take wii 1 IIncs in a ciomty of nninipioved Ioads. 1 he prompt marketing, not only of cotton, but ofmany ci-ops. is most important. In (uriotiudv h (arolina. \vhere i-aily sweet ]iotatoes are fa-mous .ond are maknig actual rorlunes f iv theii- transportation is chiefly hy water. There are num-erous lines of steamei-s that ply the waters of rurri-. Blackford Road. Russell County, Va. This a Sample of a Badly ConstructedMaeadam Road tuck soiuul and the Iasqiiotank river ami these arerelied upon to place the crop into Norfolk. When theearly sweets come these boats drop their regular sched-ules, iften on telephonic advice from the farmers, amiwithout pre\-ious notice to the public, and begin trans-porting potatoes, picking them up al the farmersilocks ami rushing them to Norfolk through the Cur-rituck or Misiiuil Swamp Canal. Fm- it is thi earliestpotato that commands the highest |>rice and the pricesteadily declines. Now. the lim-k faiaiiers d Florid;i or Ilscwhere, whohave no water-front farm, mus: haul to the railroad,and it is seen at om-c ho-w iinport;int it is that he beable to haul his trm-k promptly and in large cmii is jjerishable. and time is an important elementin determining the price his crop will bring. The cost of this transportation to tin- farmer is im-pirtant. It has lieen
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