44 BULLETIN 284, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mendon, Vt. (No. 2). — Work was begun on a gravel section extending from 

 a point one-half mile east of Mendon Post Office toward Sherburne on the 

 Mountain Road on October 1, 1913, and completed October 31, 1913. The ad- 

 jacent land is hilly and the natural soil is sandy loam. 



The road was graded 26 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 1,071 

 feet. The maximum cut was 1 foot, the maximum fill 0.5 foot, and the grade 

 of 4 per cent on the old road was reduced on the new road to 3 per cent. The 

 gravel was hauled from a point 2 miles distant and laid on the road 21 feet 

 wide, a total area of 2,499 square yards. 



One 18-inch corrugated-iron pipe culvert was laid. 



The total cost of the work was $389.57, or $0,156 per square yard. 



Middletown Springs, Vt. ( No. 1). — Work was begun August 15, 1913, on a 

 gravel road extending west from Middletown Springs toward Poultney. It 

 was completed on September S, 1913, with three days lost on account of bad 

 weather. The adjacent land is rolling and the natural soil is a sandy loam. 



The road was graded 26 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a length of 627 

 feet. C4ravel was hauled 3 miles for the surfacing and placed on the road to 

 a width of 21 feet, or a total area of 1,463 square yards. 



Two corrugated-iron pipe culverts were placed and one masonry culvert was 

 lengthened. 



The total cost of the work was $543.S5, or $0,371 per square yard. 



Middletown Springs, Vt. (No. 2). — Work was begun September 10, 1913, on 

 a gravel road 2J miles from Middletown Springs and extending west toward 

 Poultney. It was completed October 4, 1913, with a delay of two days on ac- 

 count of bad weather. The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil is sandy 

 loam. 



The road was graded 26 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 396 

 feet. Gravel, which was hauled 3 J miles, was laid ou the road 21 feet wide, 

 or a total of 924 square yards. 



One masonry culvert was lengthened and one 18-inch corrugated-iron pipe 

 culvert laid. 



The total cost of the work was $132.63, or $0,143 per square yard. 



North Pawlet, Yt. — Work was begun on a gravel road extending northwest 

 from Spanktown toward Pawlet on October 1, 1913, and completed October 18, 

 1913. with a loss of one day on account of bad weather. The adjacent land is 

 hilly. 



The grade of the old road was not changed. The work consisted of blasting 

 out shale rock to form the ditches and widening the road to -'•'< feel in both cuts 

 and fills for a distance of 495 feet. It was then surfaced with bank gravel 21 

 feel wide, making an area of 1,155 square yards. 



The total cost of the work was $134.30, or $0,116 |ier square yard. 



Pri'isi ii.i.i). Vt. — Work was begun September 1. 1913, on a gravel road north 

 of Pittsfield extending from the Stockbridge town line toward stony Brook 

 Station. It was completed on October 15, I'll;!, with two days lost on account 

 of rain. The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil on the flrsl half of the 

 road is sand, while the last half of the road is clay. 



The road was graded 2(i feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of ."V.U 

 feet. The maximum cut was I feel and the maximum till I feet. The maxi- 

 mum grade of 11 per cent was reduced to S per cent. A telford base was laid 



