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on the right of way, also through adjacent fields, becomes 

 an important part of the year's road work. Where the 

 wind makes hard drifts, it is often necessary to shovel 

 out the roads with hand shovels. Deep level snow can 

 be shoved to the sides and a nice track left by a device 

 made of two planks fastened together in V-shape, and a 

 cross plank to hold the wings apart. Uneven tracks, 

 full of what in New England are called " thank-you- 

 ma'ams," may be smoothed easily by using the reversible 

 road machine or a device especially constructed to tear 

 off the high places and fill in the low ones. Better than 

 either of these methods, however, is the use of the snow 

 roller. In many of the New 

 England states where the 

 snowfall is very heavy the 

 roads are rolled and packed 

 after every storm and no 

 attempt is made to clear a 

 path by plowing. These 

 rollers are pushed over the 

 roads by a number of teams just as the header is pushed 

 through the grain field. 



Bicycle paths. The popularity of the bicycle as a social 

 fad has passed away; but as a vehicle for practical use 



it will continue to 

 be an important 

 means of convey- 

 ance in many 

 localities. Bicycle 

 paths will not 

 be made in most 



Figure 234. The split log drag. 



Figure 235. King drag with steel edges bolted on the split logs. roac l WayS ; 



where practicable, 



the wagon road should be so constructed of hard 

 materials that it will make a good bicycle path ; but 

 since this is at present generally impracticable, special 



