AN EXPERIMENT WITH A STEAM DRILL 



prepare this portion of the road for macadamizing, an improve- 

 ment which it is hoped the town may be able to undertake at 

 no distant day. 



RESULTS IN DETAIL 



The following table gives in detail the actual results accom- 

 plished, together with the cost of each part of the work. The 

 expenses include what were actually incurred and what would 

 have been incurred if the town had been doing the work with- 



out aid from the college. 



GRADING. 



Spreading earth and shaping road-bed $28.04 



Supervision, 36 days at $2.00 72.00 



520 loads of earth at 10 cents 52.00 



Two culverts— 64 feet of pipe, $9.60; labor, $7.72 17.32 



Total value of work d one •• $744.89 



Acutal outlay to college $500.00 



If of total cost we rebate amounts for supervision, value of 

 earth furnished, amounts charged for use of drill and machinery, 

 and excess of value of farm teams above $3.00 per day (college 

 experiments are usually carried on upon a basis of expense of 

 $3.00 per day per team, while in table this has been charged 



