Maintenance of Country Roads. 485 



We cannot too strongly emphasize that to drive up one 

 side of the road with a road machine and back on the other, 

 scraping a lot of loose, -heterogeneous rubbish and earth 

 into the middle of the road, to be tramped out again by 

 the traffic, is neither repairing nor maintaining the road. 

 The material brought upon the road should be well dis- 

 tributed and harrowed until an even, uniform layer has 

 been secured and then the roller should be thoroughly ap- 

 plied when the earth is in just the right condition to pack 

 well. "Work of this sort will count and will be appreciated. 

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