SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I. 



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down. Isn't ft funny that the water runs from that wash basin when- 

 ever you turn it up-side down? It is simple; so simple, that if you hadn't 

 four years of experience, if you hadn't been reading about this, you 

 wouldn't believe me. 



Now, there is one good thing we don't always see at the first glance 

 about this wash basin business. If the split log drag is used continually, 

 if it is used every time it ought to be used, the material of which the 

 up-turned basin is made, will turn into a sort of shell that will get harder 

 and thicker continually. There are very few in this state that have been 



Number "2B." This is a photo of a clay hill south of D. Ward King's house 

 that has been dragged since 1896. The hats were placed in the road to bring 9ut the 

 curvature of the surface. This road is 25 ft. wide between the ditches and 40 ft. be- 

 tween the fences. Beginning at the top of this hill and going south a half mile 

 stretch of road has not cost the county a penny since the drag has been used. 



dragged over two years. The roads that have been dragged over two 

 years are better than those that have only been dragged a year. They are 

 not prettier. If you would go to them, after the two year road has been 

 dragged and the one year road has been dragged, the chances are you 

 couldn't tell which is which; but if you go to them during a wet spell, 

 you can tell it instantly. The same thing is true when you compare the 

 two and three year roads. It is not until the road has been dragged the 



