Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-23

pillow shallow furrow just outside the
dragged part. Spread this over the
road with drag. Only pillow one fur
row. You may pillow another after the
next rain. AT each blowing you widen
the roadbed two feet
Q. How many horses do you use?
A. Two, generally; three If it il
just as handy; four when breaking
colts-a good solid team in the center
and a colt on each side; two men on
the drag-one to drive, the other to
control the colts.
q. How do you drain the road?
A If the earth is pushed in the mid
die of the road continually, the road
will drain itself.
Q. Why not make the drag out of
plank?
A. You can and do good work. But
the split log is best. The plank drag
is not SO stiff.
Q. Why not make the drag of heavy
sawed timber?
A Because drags so made have a
tendency to slip over the bumps.
Q. Don't you grade up the road
first?
A. No. The grading is done with
the drag, gradually. By SO doing, the
road is solid all the time and is built
on a solid foundation.
Q. What does it cost to drag a mile
of road a year
A. The cost is variously estimated
at from 81 to So
Q. How do keep the drag from dodg-
ing around sidewise?
A By not loading it too heavily. If
a drag lodges around the earth you are
moving, it is because it is overloaded.
Q. Will the dragged road stand
heavy hauling?
A. Yes and no. A dragged road will
stand more heavy hauling than an I'M
dragged road, but not SO much as a
macadamiZed or well-kept gravel road.
@. Will drag help sand road?
A. A sand road is a very different
proposition from the black soil, clay or
gumbo. An entirely different method
must be adopted. Three things may
be done to a sand road to make 1t bet
ter: First, keep it wet; second, haul
clay on to it; third, sprinkle 1t with
u uut Oil. dS tiCy ho SailOihio anu
in some parts of Southern Kansas and
Texas. The drag will be beneficial in
keeping the sand road perfectly fiat SO
that it will absorb moisture and retain
it a long time.
Demonstrations Needed.
To this catechism he adds the follow
ing "Don'ts": Don't drive too fast
Don't walk get on the drag and ride.
Don't be particular about material; al
most any log will do. Don't try to
drag with only one piece; use two.
Rock Island county needs first practi-
cal demonstrations of what the split
og drag will do. Highway commission
ers are not usually in position to do
much experimenting. 1t must be done
and when the people are fully
convinced of the benefit to be derived
they will find a way to adopt the drag
generally as an implement to take tn. /
place largely of the big horse killing
steel graders. Mr. King believes the |
best results can be obtained through |
private endeavor. at least in the begin |
ming He says each farmer should |
have a drag and his motto should be |
from your own front gate to your |
front gate toward town"
Split log drag road making he has |
found TO be Catching" Where one |
person in a community takes up the |
work and keeps consistently at it the |
results attained always interest his |
neighbors Road dragging becomes a |
Tad and a permanently useful one.
The split log drag will be a specia, |
iopic of discussion at the meeting of |
he Rock Island county farmers insti- |
fute at Port Byron Dec. 1914, w. S. |
OF Taylor Ridge having a
paper on the subject
Do not be deceived by counterfeits |
when you buy Witch Hazel Salve. The
name of E c. Dewitt & Co. is on ev.
FRY box of the genuine. Piles in their
worst form will soon pass away il you L