250 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



and her streets and highways should be an object lesson for 

 every State in the Union. 



Good roads are of vast benefit to agriculture. They in- 

 crease the profits of the farm, by decreasing the cost of trans- 

 portation It is cheaper to draw produce to market in one 

 load than in two ; and, in these times of sharp competition, 

 good or bad roads ma}' mean either profit or loss to the 

 farmers. 



Better roads for the farmers is a subject in which every 

 grange in the State should take an active interest. Keep the 

 matter before the people, have discussions on the subject in 

 grange meetings, hold public institutes with good speakers 

 on modern road building, keep the matter agitated, until the 

 farmers get their just dues. Put the whole care of the high- 

 ways in the hands of the farmers, if possible, and then we 

 shall very soon have I'oads that are a credit to the State, and 

 at a very moderate cost. 



