Country Roads and Roadside Improvements 133 



The custom in many sections of our country of regarding 

 everything growing along the roadsides as common property 

 will need some reform before roadside decoration can be 

 carried out to its fullest extent, but the process of education 

 is going on in our public parks and squares, in cemeteries 

 and school-yards, and there has been a great improvement 

 in the respect that our people have for public decoration, 

 they realizing more and more the great benefit such work 

 is to the community. 



Removal of Walls and Fences 



The removal of walls and fences wherever not needed to 

 keep stock in the pastures will do more than anything else 

 to help on the cause of roadside improvement. Stone walls 

 and other fences are not needed except under the conditions 

 mentioned on a previous page. They are a great source of 

 expense to build and keep in repair, and in many sections 

 of the country are being removed from the roadsides and 

 along cultivated fields. Where the land is valuable, this is 

 an important item, as considerable areas are made available 

 for cultivation, besides greatly improving the roadsides and 

 reducing the number of insects and vermin that neglected 

 roadsides harbor. If a fence is decided to be necessary 

 along the roadway or near dwellings it should be made as 

 inconspicuous as possible. A woven-wire fence on gas-pipe 

 or steel posts painted green will be the least conspicuous 

 from all points of view and in the end not more expensive. 



