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TRANSPORTATION 



100. A good road must be oval, hard, and smooth. It is 

 possible to make such a dirt road by using the split-log 

 road drag illustrated below. 



SPLIT-LOG ROAD DRAG 



101. To make and use the road drag, set the split log 

 on edge 30 in. apart, with flat sides to the front. Fasten 

 together with strong hedge or hickory bars, the ends of 

 which are wedged in 2-inch auger holes bored through the 

 slabs. 



EXERCISE 



1. Estimate the cost of making a road drag when it takes 

 a log 12 in. in diameter and 9 ft. long, lumber at $1 per 

 hundred in the log, 2 drawing chains at 25$ each, a double- 

 tree at $2.50, a shoe 9 ft. long and 6 in. wide at 10$ per 

 foot, a board 9 in. wide and 9 ft. long at $1.50 per hun- 

 dred, and the time required to make it 1 da. at $1. 



