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LANDSCAPE HARDENING. 



Repairing Roads. 



One of the greatest mistakes made in repairing roads is 

 in using poor material for dressing them over, when good 

 material may be obtained at only a little additional cost. 



The best gravel that is to be had within reasonable dis- 

 tance will generally be found the cheapest in the end. 



A great mistake is often made also in spreading the 

 repair material evenly over the whole road surface, as in 

 Fig. 65, when one half of the material placed in the centre 



FIG. 65. AN IMPKOPEKLY GRAVELLED ROAU. 



with the shoulders of the road removed, as in Fig. 66, 

 would give far better results. If the material is put on 



FIG. 66. A PROPERLY GRAVELLED ROAD. 



flat, the road-bed will remain flat, or grow more and more 

 depressed in the middle, and none of the fine-worn material 

 can pass off, but remains to make mud and dust; while 

 if well rounded in the centre it will retain its form for some 

 time, the fine-worn material or dust will be washed to the 

 ontside of the road, and less trouble will be experienced 

 with mud and dust. 



The gravel placed in the centre of the road will work to 

 the outside as fast as it is needed to keep the form of the 

 road-bed, and there is scarcely ever any good reason for 



