The sun., 1898-02-27
e1 MADE nv NARROW AND WIDE TIRES IN
CORN LAND.

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r,.r MADE nv NARROW And WIDE TIRES IN
CORN LAND.
r.s..,.-iol b,rd smoo,b md nearlv
'u,,I,r, s.rcet free from dirt and lnoso
- .,,1 u,,s chosen. IT yyos nrob, hlv as
..r,.cb NJ that Kind OF road AZ can he
-, ~ ,ho ,o,inp Tho load was hauled 400
,SS.,nord hack .r,in over the route. For tho
-, ,i-c tho average strain required wns
M ,,orrds Thcn tho wide tire was used and
=, ,,..,-- ,o renrroI exncctntions the brond
,,.sr,,llaI Ii-htcr nm tho hard ineIastic. md
',a,h .,rfarc NJ the rock road. Tho strain
~, -, ,ounds or 35 ner cent in favor of
h.,,a,i-c.
NJ, ,,r,a ox,e-incnts with n gravel rood
IL h,ri s,,rf,co and no rms hut with some
,,,,o .,onss of tho size of black walnuts. The
-, ,,-.s roo,ired an ,vcrog, nowc-ofols1
-, ,,d ,lc b-o,a only ,sa no,nds or
o,,n.-,or. :, f,vor ~ tho broad .ircs w,,b
I,.no on,,,,i,v q, sand n,ixea with tho gravel
-, hain,, ir,. md t-oo tro,, r,ts Tho ro-.
'ne 'o"u O'''N w COO, ~
row tires ncc"cu power OF -oSl ana inc
broad only 1867 pounds. or 45.5 per cent. in
-, n. h-ooa ,irss win now unuaod cry
ia'o' u 'ne "'''" vi Co. ', .t '.n ne" unu'u .'S
gravel road the d,tteTence between the Two tires
was Gai pounds. or ESQ per cent. in favor OF
h-o,d ,ires
After this condition OF gravel road was
chosen where water covered the surface and
,o,.. Sand ,ror, ono IN .vo and n half ,ncbes
loose sa"u "o," ono !" '"o anu nsi' inehes
deep was found. Here tho wide tire forced the
.lushy mixture out OF the way, and required
- :, or5, o,,, .n H. -, 49,;
cut way along with power OF 262.3 pounds.
Another trial under similar circumstances
shaved difference of nine nounds in favor NJ
'NS" S P " 49, VI
the narrow tire. I5ut 1t was noted that tho
broad tire did no injury to the road, while the
narrow ,ir, cr. through n hard nan and an
ha''o" NV .t' ."''"su W Natd peh' anu so
Stirred up and destroyed the surfacing material.
From the gravel roads the wagons were sent
N Nh. nrainarv dirt road os II ia foupd in ,Iis.
~Ne 0'1,ua'' u.,' io'i us - 'ounu III Mis-
souri, and for that matter throughout the
greater part of the United States TWAS n road
tb,tpfsnccd in md nloucbed would have violdca
,, .'' ''''' p'o NNN " ''''
eo'a crops OF corn OF any other farm product
known to the corn belt OF tho United States At
,i,s.i., .,S'.-S 80, ''es' 'o".s
Aeh nara and smooth TO this eye rs bed OF
nacadam After some uso the dust begins to
ssSTmqI1,s nnd eFentaay it oSeo%es from
tb1, ais .Ie o-r az , su",u , pomuef p
THEN comes a rain s IN tmrn n'V The "tf Smtt
IN mud which rho o-diO,rr 49, ,,hnnis
scennn v c,,., m".Im ~" otunars wagon WnGes
deem Wills rSc sbs oii h =" 81
hard ana nnyiciSing IN ,rhnn ,ha r;ns ~,
spring are faliing ne ho.,",n ~ ;boss rnoSs
seems 10 d-or, ont aI;nCc.hor nnS a. Tho w%.ais 30
srindnv ,Inp,9 9"i Ink .ha ne Mmeeis go
tween Tho snokes noc.cJ ne f,W a br,ct
mnniI Thnp me- ~ h ~ a. "n III, ae u VI.
surface crms,s ornr Iocno Va ~ Sa
rus in the I'd 80 p' az uiitii ~ tnS
three or four inches widc and of Sentb the5
may reach a loot "'N' """ VI uep'h 'n"'
Win The hiorI soiI rood. ,,,r bo ,o,,,, ,Lo.o
ever stiff nine craD w. "' b &c 1pt III ~
10I roads sarc III " N.Y. arc iuaCn lhe the
eetpo INN 10 support anything, and yet so thick
rel mirsd IA ns; mna'eTGF Is 50 unfortunate as TO
Tires in con4 n4it,nns v; ~ niuau SnI Iai TOW %
sprisrc Gn.n ,y rlFyih from smooth. hard
degrees ana dotpS a.. sizes vi RUS anu az
Missouri univcr,ity nnd"r,ooE % H'' 'He tHSA 'ne
Three seis ~ h IL 'iis'uo. oor toosi ,,o.. .a
showsd ros"i, y" ntuis o'cf tne sinooth road
tive value ~ hroa "i imteres. outs'ae OF the fsla
proved beynnd "mo.,in, 10 htLrV" trcs: LOT tney
macada,n rod y'" w. put iItt.c inIerior 10
eTent n coVniry ,s,o w,vm phe tonsiuers me vas,
70. macadRmiz,r roads ana Txh.re Az, S rnads
are and n,ms. To- a. 10, ai an mneIe uirt iohus
the only kjni ~ an =, prr,ou remain
know thGt thcv c,n La utodS 30 ~ i.'p t aht 80 "
quality. On mac.Som 'ue rooS u SnIa SnTn sVppa tpa
most f,vorahis '''"C'r ''o,'n't, ioau uluer the
tire load r"o,,if .,if u"ls'"HCeS inc woe
pounds and on ,ba ~ =, pni or ~; % ;;
pounds. The narrow.tire load on he mScadom
ro,S an :, pun , OF "a pounds and on the dirt
been The wo Endt nf roa2 rS aS h .ne d
were nse1 yros ~ ;ni;c u, Ioaa Hntn "!ue tlres
fayorobi. o WINS imslsnlhcant. nder the least
dry ana devoid ~ ThSre oo.h rosas Were
needed l13 4 nomnd ", w. ~ masa, Lne WY tEeS
iFt vi IA, ~
on The n1coIn ,nE M ~, "!!Ipm Nv t'res neeueu l4o'o
The fifcrancn w.. - @ ! = - On A lne u!rl.
good gravel road ,vi,h so9u uirt ROAD ana
ana some Ioosr sorG WIN hard surface no rnts
was fnnni ,n L Lo'es ~ IEco oIEc ot ,rIaSk Walhuts
fayor.bIu .oHnu 20 De as follows: Under the most
ogrei 81 noi,r IrGuiHstHhccs the broad tires re-
dirt wbiiep pDp,,"9 ~, more pun on graNci than on
pull Of TX noY,rd ,nv GsFf2w tIcs needed an added
tires Sv, msSg Sg'4 enough loF any country II wide
The neyi 'r;,l ,,i,.o. .,-
point Of yiow .,r oc 70 ne l!res was, from one
fOr The u.o ~ ", 'VIFC'ig Inir 20 the oroad TIRE,
Imo5ib.a ,So o, Bog, thc , broad tire hardened and
tire sirnLiiw @ 80 orr ro 80, whlle Inc narrow
men,crs ~, ~, Cyl u INTO dust, and the experi'
dirt roaa t.o untit me Farmers had cut the
deep befSre. ' ibs Eu,t rom iwo TO three inches
up SrI down T. I'm ,h 5 9ut anu nahied thcir load
found thhy ,h N ~ ..r uuSt' Az this triai IL was
the dnsI '' Ne narrow tlrcS cut down through
nee led heinz ,mi, mr. On pan, ne average power
tires inchnaS ~ 40 POUNDS, while the broad
10 rehnirnc ni.nc' nh9 hcapet mp the dust far enough
more than n pHit "l i"h1 pounds, or 10 pounds
Game and ttami '' iDn tlIes' Bnt when the rains
four iDch.. 'd enii tne clay down 10 depth OF
or six nchc" III % rrt we narrow tires cut IN hve
the dISad adre,ch w., men running over an uncut road
Questones %, ne hrodd TIRE was not TO 6e