neers and properly to care for the roads under their charge ; and 

 the laws should be so framed as to allow any township to send 

 such officer to the school. The instruction should include not 

 only simple road-making questions, but such economic and 

 general questions as the relation of highways to local taxation 

 and agricultural affairs, the proper distribution of highway 

 service, and the general development of the community and 

 State. The State cannot afford to expend millions of dollars 

 for highways until the local officers are properly trained for 

 their duties. The whole subject is broadly an agricultural 

 question, and the instruction should be sympathetically tied 

 to other agricultural instruction. 



Farm architecture. 



The point of view on the proper kinds of buildings for the 

 rural country must be radically changed before such buildings 

 can be perfectly adapted to their uses or country life be wholly 

 attractive. We are so accustomed to our buildings, both in 

 country and city, that we do not think to challenge them ; and 

 yet there are relatively very few buildings in the world that 

 are either good to look at or are well adapted to their ends. 

 All architecture is either good or bad, whether the building 

 costs five dollars or five millions: it must have good propor- 

 tions and exactly meet the needs for which it is constructed. 

 Certain dry-goods boxes appeal to us in their attractive shape, 

 yet we forget that shape and proportion are the first considera- 

 tions in the good looks of buildings. All the sanitary water- 

 works and other conveniences of modern residences must 

 come into country districts, and this will call for new plans of 



