44 HOW TO PLAN THE HOME GROUNDS 



light sprinkling of water. Moderate sprinkling in dry 

 weather is especially necessary to keep the road in order, 

 as the drought bakes the surface and makes it wear 

 away faster, and sometimes loosens the small stones. 



To construct a good road requires skill and knowledge 

 of the comparative value of different materials, but to 

 maintain it properly through many years renders neces- 

 sary an exertion of skill combined with intelligent, per- 

 sistent diligence that is not, in this country, as often 

 exhibited as we should like to see it. 



