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Well-packed gravel on a good foundation makes a good road. 

 Ordinary earth roads can be greatly improved by proper grad- 

 ing and drainage, and by frequent rolling and dragging, go as 

 to keep the surface smooth and hard. The system practiced by 



A GOOD ROAD 



A year ago two horses could haul only two bales of cotton over this road ; after improve- 

 ment, the same horses haul twelve bales. 



Mr. King, of Missouri, has been adopted by thousands of farmers 

 throughout the country and has improved thousands of miles of 

 roads. The road is dragged after each rain or thaw with a split- 

 log drag so hitched that the earth is drawn toward the center 

 of the road. This drag is a -vn down one side of the road and 



