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THE WHAT NEXT OF THE GOOD ROADS PROBLEM. 

 (By D. Ward King, Maitland, Mo.) 



The good roads problem is of national importance ; it is receiving 

 national attention. Nothing is too good for Missouri and she will be no 

 laggard in the good roads procession. East and West, North and South, 

 Missouri's methods of earth road construction are being studied. No 

 state in the Union possesses better roads than can be found in this State, 

 while, on the other hand, the earth road within a mile of a Missouri ham- 

 let is not zi'orse than the earth road within a mile of Chicago, Cleveland 

 or Washington. At either place, under certain conditions the best of 

 teamsters will "stick in the mud." 



IJo;id l)y Jlr. King's farm, kopt up by the draggiug inotlioil. The road that has made 



a national reputation. 



It is my purpose today to consider as briefly as possibly the dragging 

 of the roads ; earth roads ; the wastes of our present system, and stone 

 roads. 



Road Dragging. — The results that follow persistent dragging of the 

 roads after each wet spell cannot be pictured with words. I met Hon, 



