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hpoorer country, l,o accumulated littto rnonev.

htzmE tile Tca!th lying u0EnItnk 10 tlloee Hat
a" .oss ~ s;:e !; ss 2s
and ditchtng; and whofe onco wore lalscs inuho.
Lerons and cfelcs q crowded y rator-forl
% Hatsl:aoafsd s Until. ZIG ;1e 5aiy I @ and pss 1aKass
sui slowly .vnporatod tho stegnaut moisture.
with here and there elight knolls.--sl,o geoorAl
charActefistlcs Of tlila and other pra!rio 1egons
mil tho building Of tho Illinois Central Railroad
gave SONS Indications Of wha. might be done by
lIanngat fertile folds. aming farms. flno
houses. good barns frst-rlasa roads, aud all thai
goes 70 make rich. and rialns country, ase
found throughout that Eoglou.
VOL. hftos tho lapse Of ycars. the old ptonoor.
wndng yrounda lad bean transformed, md. like
Tug Queen Of shoba. ,lau1t!nR, ooncludoa to como
travels met and fell into convprBat!on with
,Sc-kuowh landed proprietor there. who, BY his
euorEV and pnrsevcratcc, niid the judicious out
lay Of capital, has accumulated one OF tho argcAt
Il no. Ae largest, rural pasture il, tho Wcas. 80
tho following dlRtoguo took place:
"Mornln, stranger. Thfa ia right pcart
koutry.".
,n"s ,"arnaneyscp''e M ; the R's''eman "soed
"That'a mighty smart crap O. corn. oughter
"yes, fully that"
"Othcr crans good about horc?"
We hsvo had sla season. Il IL sound but tic
d'ongn; {. E,';., i.{arad !" 1t to aono ostons,"
II say tho drousht-d'y voashor-piuchca tho
"Ohi ys-as. Thor wa'n't rain euouxhl I
used to itvo III those ilarls In tlan ar|y settoment
Never hud no dtouts. as 50 call 'etn, then. It
swamp, aud bog, md pond.hncn. with ki,.lor
high place now and thou. uaed to live OIL ono
Of them high p'acas lereabonts somewhere. but
Ican't find itanytuoso. les cur rous anyway. Whnt
,vif p~. A..l lHi.ft =
bad craps and pure huutla' aud tishtn'-on'y
geese, and ducks, an m,,sllrats, an bul-poutH,
au' tho l,gc. II like 10 diol, ind so cl4ged out
It was low, no-'oount land au5xny."
1t Is hIaler than manly pa,ts Of tho s.ato,-really
one Of the dividing ridgce. Tla wator runa
from hcro to tho enat and wcst."
"ya 81 isbeenla high now How did It coma,
"Oh NO bought 1nachuoa, and d'tched aud
| drained, md built toads ny you Hse. All it
wanted wns letting thu water OF. Enterprise,
| aud working with brains, ke whnt have lnndo
road-graders have dous moro ror us than all e!sc
| put togothcr. Why, sir, NO have a tlitclA or
| rather q caunl. onlr few miles from hero, dir
tern ml:es long, tfiee1 to ttcrnty:fre fcet wide
as over piece Of work was dono, with gooI
| road on cnch bank, built entirely by machlnesy,
aud graded 80 nicely that 1t can bo crusaed wish
siorses md wagon nuyHhese. Yea sir, brains,
HVON Uu-tAt49 6SAbtt kAV OF IH1-
chhery. arc whore the secret 10 SUCCESS ics."
Wa.aI, Hlrapgrr I dootE '=aclly uuderstau'
| all you say, but tbar'd QUO thing l do know 4
low country = u fovor-'n.ager country. ThiH
Zig cight-ho1ao Hooe|er teams, r. iii times. wel-
| leflng through the Hwntnps TINT was bore then,
for thoE ain'l bore now, Lautins a1plos and other
truck 10 eheaa'go. And: stranger. I done q
usi.ersI my @y.elt ~ to f dosth. 9as The2. nna1 sa
| no uBe talkiu'; this kentsy IL hig1, and dry now
Thote must bin D a4r;hquakc here, and ria tho
And. II hadn't been dog-on fool i'do d kop'
my land and rls up with 1t.
"stran-ger,'" drawIed tho old man in con-
olns'on ~. .na Holomnly u ain't very pcart, but
about rucntu' machines NTH bsa.pB. Brains u
good in their place. in feller's head but thny
can't make water run up hill; and Ii usod Is
have to run. up hill to got ouiun hero, when I
sos buck and dam up till /: got hoad enough 10
slop over. and then some OF It would run oil,
and come would get dried ont bout August.
Ya.as, this kon,ty's ria up"
EARTH.HoADs IN ILI1voIH.
The subject OF Roads and Aoad-.1akiog has,
for the last fow ycarA, utt,aosct much attontou
III The West. especially tic tpi gtrie-fegions there
o.. Tho tnodcrn system Of r4i:was-loiny AMY,
as It docs With Tho travelling nf goodH for long NV
taucos-has rendered o1penalv0 main thorough.
| fa,es tor wagons thing of tho past. What tho
| West now wants is sy6tom Of hrst.nlsss oartil~
roads. that Hhnli bring the farlnnrs OF tho State
Fad statIons,-a eystem that. wu,le 1t sha!!
givo good and co1uplete earth-roads, over which
| heavy load1 may be hauled Anritg tho principal
aeason Of delivering arua-products shall, at tho
age Of the country. This, / nm we'll satisfied.
from evidence III my possession. h now perfect-
~ ieaeib!o through the purfoclion Of maclines,
that, while making good roads It light cunt, aro
sss e o. ss 70 VI wds sa 81 Z sk ss ess dsn q
feet. It La a subject that should command thu
Attention Of every farmer, aud especially OF
every Road COMMISSIONER, in the Vest
The llttnoia State Board Of Agricultural fully
npprociat,ng tho Importance Of good rusds to
the State. sud deslrouB Of bringing out the boat
md most economical dovioea for Toad-maklng,
decided, At the wtntcr ncGktng of tho Board, to
offer the following premium;
For tho best one-half mtle Of earth-road. malo
In 1876, under tho supervision Of committee OF
|. tbreo uembegs Of tie Stale Board Of Agrlcu-
surc, q premium Of 6l00
b. the kind OF soil tho devices adopted tn con-
Rtruction, tho time ia which tho work 10 done
mud the cost Of construction.
The road-bed 10 DO u,sls Is feot wide, aud
di.ches 7 feat wide. Tha work to be aceom-
The time aud place Of trial viii be announced
at least ono month before tho test will take
place.
rwo enstlos st least viii ha required to insure
Entrica can be mado With the Secretary at any
time bofore tAe 18th Of hlay, 1876.
Looalisiea desiring the trial will communicate
proximity to railroads. and VIVA. fso.litios In tho
why OF location, teau,H, eto.. they will provide.
0wncra Of machines Or devices for road
making desiring to compats will make entrios at
asran9emfnta for tho trial eau bo mado. +.
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