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using the road increases, it will be found necessary to make 

 the metalled portion wider than 24 feet. 



NOTES : 



Broad tires should be used on heavy waggons and carts, as 

 wheels with wide tires will not sink so readily in sand and dirt 

 as wheels with narrow tires in fact the wide-tired wheels have 

 the same good effects as a roller on the surface of the road. 



The greatest enemy to good roads is water in the roadbed 

 and water on the surface. Notice how a small hole on the sur- 

 face of a road becomes larger soon after a rain. 



The best time to mend a road is just as soon as it needs 

 mending. " A stitch in time saves nine." 



The road surface should be nicely crowned, so as to 

 shed the water to the side ditches; the side ditches should 

 be kept clean and uniform, so that the water will run away 

 and not stand in them ; the road sides should be level and 

 sloping towards the ditches, and should be covered with 

 sod, all weeds, stumps and shrubs being cut out. 



The fences along the road should be kept neat and trim. If 

 trees are planted along the roadside they should be far enough 

 apart to allow the sunlight to keep the road dry. 



As a rule the roads are a sure index of the intelligence, 

 enterprise, and prosperity of a farming community. Poor, 

 cheap roads are a source of great expense to farmers. Good 

 roads, well-kept, will enable the farmer to draw heavier loads 

 in a shorter time, cause less wear and tear on vehicles, horses 

 and harness, add much to the pleasure and satisfaction of living 

 in the country, and increase the value of farm property. 



A good road brings a farmer nearer to his neighbors, nearer 

 to market, nearer to school, and nearer to church. 



