ae 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 Oifice toward Sherburne on the 
Mountain Road on October 1, 1913, and completed October 31, 1918. 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 Sprines, VT. (No. 1).—Work was begun August 15, 1913, on a 
erayel road extending west from Middletown -Springs toward Poultney. It 
was completed on September 8, 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. Gravel 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 $5438.85, or $0.871 per square yard. 
MIDDLETOWN Sprines, Vr. (No. 2).—Work was begun September 10, 1913, on 
a gravel road 23 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 32 miles, was laid on 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 $0.148 per square yard. 
NortH PAWLET, VTt.—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. i 
The grade of the old road was not changed. The work consisted of blasting 
out shale reck to form the ditches and widening the road to 26 feet in both cuts 
and fills for a distance of 495 feet. It was then surfaced with bank gravel 21 
feet wide, making an area of 1,155 square yards. 
The total cost of the work was $134.30, or $0.116 per square yard. 
PITTSFIELD, 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, 1913, with two days lost on account 
of rain. The adjacent land is hilly and the natural soil on the first half of the 
road is sand, while the last half of the road is clay. 
The road was graded 26 feet wide in both cuts and fills for a distance of 594 
feet. The maximum cut was 4 feet and the maximum fill 4 feet. The maxi- 
mum grade of 11 per cent was reduced to 8 per cent. A telford base was laid 
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