MISCELLANEOUS. 



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must be provided. This consists in placing one or 

 more lines of drain tile under the road. Opinions 

 differ in regard to the exact location of the tile, but 

 that is more or less immaterial so long as the ground 

 water is removed. In laying tile the principal points 

 to be considered are, that sufficient fall be allowed to 

 provide good drainage and prevent filling with silt, 

 and to have the outlet above standing water. 



ROAD MAINTENANCE. 



The Road Drag. After the earth road is properly 

 constructed, it should then be maintained so as to re- 

 tain as far as possible 

 its original form. To 

 do this work the best 

 implement now known 

 is the road drag, two 

 forms of which are 

 shown. These road 



drags consist of two \ 

 planks or the two 

 halves of a log made 

 into a drag, as shown, 

 and which is drawn 

 along the road so that 

 the planks make an 



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Splif-loq Drag 



TWO COMMON FORMS OF ROAD DRAG. 



angle with the direc- 

 tion of motion, and tends to draw the earth toward 

 the center, maintaining the original cross-section which 

 is worn away by travel. The action of the drag is to 

 keep the surface of the road oval and smooth that 

 water cannot remain on the surface and soften it. 

 The best time to use the drag is following a rain after 

 the surface has dried until the earth can be moved in 

 front of the drag. The continued use of the drag 



