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conditions permit of doing so, but on the earth roads the 

 soil may be either too wet or too dry to allow this to be 

 done well, and the highest success will be attained when the 

 road master comes to know and understand his conditions 

 and then is alert to move at just the right time. ' The ruts 

 will be formed chiefly in both the very wet and the very dry 

 weather, and in the country where sprinkling the roads 

 cannot be afforded, everything must be planned to take ad- 

 vantage of every shower heavy enough to bring the road 

 into condition for working with grader, shovel, rake and 

 roller. 



FIG. 233. View on the same road showing the tool house where appliances for 

 caring for the road are kept. Photo, in 1895, near Grignon. 



The intelligent use of the grader and roller at the right 

 time after the rains of a wet period and after a dry period 

 will make marvelous changes in the character of earth roads 

 of all classes and particularly in those which are proverb- 

 ially bad. 



