COUNTRY ROADS 



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A. Tyirical country road afU 



liny period. 



B. A concrete road. 

 Fig. 101. A fine public road raises the value of farm land, 



vehicles and harness, it costs on an average about 

 twenty-three cents to move each one of these mil- 

 lions of tons one mile. Railroads haul a ton-^ of 

 freight for long distances for less than a cent a mile. 

 The farmer's distance to'market averages nine miles 

 and so the cost of hauling a ton of farm produce to 

 market averages two dollars and nine cents. Better 



