The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-09-01
PROMOTING BETTER ROADS
State Of Iowa Us Now Carrying On
Educational Campaign in Thor
ourhfare Construction.

Iowa PROPOSES Co instruct and educate
her FARMERS iu tho technic OF good road
making Recognizing the fact that II
ALL eva is 90 be- remedicd il Is good
,ogic % BEGIN 40 the root OF the mat
/ Ter the Iowa good roads commission
/ has conceived the idea OF holding
short course ia road building In which
practical demonstrations Will De made
and useful instructions given. The
Prairie Farmer believes that ultimately
valuable and far reaching results are
destined % De realized 10 Iowa provid-
ing this work Us properly supported and
systematically carried forward.
some good road promoters seem 20 be
Of the impression that any progress
toward better country roads must be-
gin with the state legislature On the
other hand 50 seems clearly evident that
effective results must first spring from
the demands Of the farmer
Convince the average farmer that the
so oalled good road is a good thing and
public sentiment Will demand all rea-
s0nable improvement In establishing
q course OF instruction on the advisable
Ivy utility and proper construction OF
The rural highway iowa seems 10 have
conceived the importance OF getting
down % the root OF the matter When
the farmers Of that state have become
convinced that the good road Is q prac-
ticable as well as q useful utility, we
anticipate that there will be no diff
Guilty in securing the enactment Of any
desirable legislation.
As O. class we DO not believe that the
agriculturist IS opposed 20 all advance
ment in the proper construction Of high
ways. but it is evident that any legisla-
lion attempted by any general assem-
bly, in the middS west will have 10 en-
counter rough passage until the farm
er is thoroughly convinced that the good
road law is an actual advantage
In many of the leading states of the
corn belt and adjacent sections the ex-
pertinent station and agricultural col
legos have liberal appropriations made
annually Ten years ago this was not
the case but having demonstrated their
usefulness the farmer as a class urges
liberal state assistance. In a large
measure this evolution Of senu-
ment must take place IN reference to the
good road proposition. Iowa has set the
educational machinery IN motion by an
nouncing its short course.
Perhaps the most commendable fac
tor IN the Ames movement is that work
will be conducted along the line Of de-
velopinR the rural highways by utiliz-
ing home material There is no Ques-
ton but what good roads can be made
out Of soil and gravel II the earth IL
properly handled The Iowa highway
commission proposes to make It's be-
ginning along this line. and wisely
adopting this course they will at once
secure the interest and cooperation Of
many Of the most progressive farmers Of
that state
In her new work Iowa deserves 10
succeed. Her commission has begun on
the plane where the farmer finds him
self az the present time When Il has
been demonstrated that the possibil-
tiles Of the earth road have been exhaust
cd. we anticipate that the farmer will
be ready TO take the initiative in provid-
Ing for better things Then the much
desired improved rural highway will
approach the reality