32 BULLETIN" 284, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



pleted November 22, 1913. The time lost from various causes was 73 days. 

 The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil is loam and gravel. 



The road was graded 21 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 5,313 

 feet. The maximum cut was 6 feet, the maximum fill 4 feet, and the maximum 

 grade of 11 per cent on the old road was reduced to 8 per cent. 



The road was surfaced full width, or an area of 12,397 square yards, with 

 gravel from within the road limits and from pits alongside the road. 



Three 24-foot stone culverts were built of the following dimensions : 4 by 2.5 

 feet, 2 by 2.5 feet, and 2 by 2 feet. 



The total cost of the work was $2,001.89, or $0,161 per square yard. 



Pownal, Vt. — Work was begun on a road extending north from Pownal 

 toward North Pownal on September 8, 1913, and completed on October 18, 1913, 

 with five days lost from various causes. The adjacent land is hilly and the 

 natural soil is gravel and clay. 



The road was graded 24 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 

 1.500 feet. The maximum cut was 2 feet, the maximum fill 2 feet, and the 

 maximum grade of 6 per cent on the old road was reduced to 4 per cent on the 

 new road. A natural gravel was obtained from a near-by source and the road 

 surfaced 22 feet wide, or an area of 3,666 square yards. Telford foundation 

 12 feet wide and 2 feet thick was placed on 800 feet of this road. 



The total cost of the work was $839.56. or $0.22S per square yard. 



Readsboro, Vt. — Work was begun on a " hardpan " gravel road extending 

 east from Heartwellville toward Readsboro on August 25, 1913, and completed 

 on September 13, 1913. The time lost on account of bad weather was two days. 

 The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil is " hardpan." 



The road was graded 19 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 

 1,000 feet. Tbe maximum fill was 3 feet and the maximum grade of 3 per cent 

 on the old road was reduced to 1 per cent. The road was surfaced by hauling 

 in hardpan and leveling it with a split-log drag. 



The total cost of the work was $400, or $0,190 per square yard. 



Rupert, Vt. (No. 1). — Work was begun on a gravel road extending east from 

 Rupert toward Dorset on May 39, 1913, and completed on August 22, 1913. with 

 30 days lost on account of bad weather. The adjacent land is hilly and the 

 natural soil is a slate gravel. 



The road was graded 24 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 4,050 

 feet. The maximum cut was 2 feet, the maximum fill 6 feet, and the maximum 

 grade of 6 per cent on the old road was reduced to 4 per cent on the new road. 

 Gravel from a near-by pit was laid for a width of 18 feet, or an area of S.100 

 square yards. 



One 12-inch and one 24-inch corrugated-iron pipe culverts were Laid; also one 

 3 by 2 foot concrete box culvert. 



The total cost of the work, including culverts, was $2,099.78, or $0,259 per 

 square yard. 



Rupert, Vt. (No. 2). — Work was begun on a gravel road extending north 

 from Rupert toward Pawlet on September 1, 1913, and completed on September 

 16, 1913, with one day lost on account of bad weather. The adjacenl land is 

 level and swampy and the natural soil is gravel and loam. 



The road was graded 18 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 495 

 feet. The maximum fill was 5 feet and the maximum grade of 'J per cent on (he 

 old road was reduced to 1 per cent on the new road. A gravel surface obtained 

 from the river bed was laid the full width, a total area of ;»;iu square yards. 



The total cost of the work was $704. 2S, or $0.71 per square yard. ' 



