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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTUEE 



Fig. 103. Every township should own a steam road roller. 



them pay a toll. There are now but few toll roads. 



Working Out the Road Tax. There are two ways 

 of paying road taxes used in different parts of our 

 land. One way is for the farmer to take his team 

 and work on the road long enough to pay for the 

 tax levied against him. This method is a failure, 

 for the farmers seldom know how to build good 

 roads and care very little how they work so long 

 as they put in their time and get back to their 

 crops. 



A Better Way. The other method is much more 

 satisfactory. It is this: Each farmer pays his road 

 tax in cash and the money is used to employ men 

 who are practiced in road making. Sometimes a 

 man is employed the year round to prevent the 



