Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-02-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE PRESSING NECESSITY FOR
IMPROVED ROADS,
had Elects OF Narrow Wagon Tires
Rotation of Crops imperative
Leaks on the Farm sheep
Notes and Home Hints.
our Country Roads.

public roads put in charge of civil en-
gineers; that they had no desire to be
scientific" aud We're opposed to sci
entific" management OF the public
roads. | think / have heard you say
this. Let me tell you in tho most
friendly way in the world that you
could not TO save your soul, help being
scientific. You are scientific when you
paint your house, put tallow on your
boots, grease on your wagon-a&le.
hone your razor, smoke your hams
fumigate your hennery or take pep
permint for the stomach ache. That
patent incubator OF yours is a perfect
marvel of science 1t Is not wise 10
think a man IS more scientific than
you are simply because he may know
thing or two in his particular line
Of business which you do not. He
might object TO your knowledge for the
same reason, for in many things your
superior wisdom makes you more sci
entitic than he is. Besides, your ave
rage civil engineer is likely 70 be one
OF the best fellows in the world; and
il he is worth his salt you Will find
him wide-awake, practical and inter
esting; democratic in his ways, plain
in his dress, and with q head full Of
good Sense. He is always looking for
ideas and he will coneede your supe.
rior knowledge OF farming and be glad
to learn OF any valuable thing that you
may tell him. He may not know the
difference between timothy and mullen
q D., k,y. "a
4 build road rs good as the best Ia the
world and one that will last for forty
generations He will tell you that lt
needs something besides horse power.
axle grease and profanity % moYa o
1 loaded wagon from farm 70 market
that the harder and smoother your
road il made the shorter your distance
becomes from farm 10 town and the
less power win be required 70 haul
your produce.
Did you ever wonder why IL i thht
the great railroads 81 the country are
constantly improving their roadbedt
adopting improved rails ana employing
section gangs 10 constantly keep
their tracks in the best conditions
will tell you why IL l.. Years ago Il
was found that the cost 81 running d
great railroad line was decreased by
every improvement which tended q
lessen the grades and make the track
smooth and hard and the best engineer.
ing talent In the world has been en-,
ployed 70 bring these railroads TO th.ti
present condition Of excellence Twcn,
ty-fye years ago before the genera
adoption OF tho long =otid.faced stes
rail. the power required 20 move tin
rolling stock was considerably greater
than 1T present In 1870 il cost III,
New York Central railroad COMPANY
about one and oue-sixth cents 10 NOV
each ton Of freight over | mile 81 rail
road This seems q very small sum
but rs small as ii may appear II wa
reduced In 1889 10 about fivo mills
Other railroad ines show a CORE
spending decrease ID running expenses
: an due to the improvement Of th
tracks or roadbcd.
Next to water nothing Il 20 destruc
? tive OF good road surface a. heay
vehicle running on narrow who ,ls
has been proven over and over agai
! that wheels with a. -inch tires caus
only one.hall the wear on o road tina
2 results from the use Of whCels wit
2 inch tires. X used to be the rule i
: England to make the tire iuch via
9 for every 300 pounds Of lOad or echiel,
Q that Is. ii the vehicle and load wnigl
q cd tons. l-inch tires would b. uact
i but IL was not found profitable 10 Il
- a.
n inches. except III cases whore wager
+ we're used without springs. when tho
were sometimes made az wide ~
inches.
You ought 70 treat this matter
1t wheel tires as you do other things
which you are Interested, and give
n the same sensible consideration Tn
Il you apply TO the things about yol
n home. When you built your hou
Ii you commenced by putting down
% inch stone foundation, and on thae VI
&c built the framework OF the superstru
IN ture. You have made the foundati,
ID broad to prevent the settling Of loi
u which was intended to remain unmov
II as long as IL should last, and yet y
D. should know that the weight per in
IL upon that foundation Is less than or
). quarter the weight per inch upon 70
re- narrow wheel tires when you 60
AZ market with heavy load, to say not
Z. ing Of the fact that your wagon carr
n. Il moving load and Is therefore mu
IN more likely to disturb tho fouhdati
n than though IL remained quiet. va
!. wheel tire is designed TO touch t
W ground Mt one point only, and when
cd Is pressed into the earth so as to
OF crease this point Of contact the pow
required TO move n wagon and its 10
q. increases very rapidly. You shot
he use wide.wheel tires, and should {
H. courage your neighbors to use tn
ON also. From 1.-The Gospel Of &c
ia Roads, " by Isaac b. Potter
he t-
ha Leaks on the Farm.
he There are many leaks upon go
ed farms. and some upon nearly cv