The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-06-07

teet, one piece by inches by feet,
Gotu one inch steel pins twelve inches
long, one link twelve inches long, with
eye bolt and two staples to hold rear
end In position; two staples to hitch to,
two pieces of band from nine feet long
by four inches wide and one-eighth OF
an inch thick for shoes and two pieces
Of band iron three feet long ten inches
wide. and one-eighth Of an inch thick
10 make the adjustable opening In rear.
~sTo make the Y drag first bolt on
the shoes, letting them come even at
the front end and extending half an
inch below WOO for cutting edge.
Next bore through the ends of the by
6 pieces tho SIX inch way; then bore
holes six inches deep and twenty-fOur
inches back from front end in the side
pieces: then bore holes and put in sta
3ofes to hitch to- These should be about
the center up and down in side pieces
and three feet from the front end.
Next set up the sides and put the by
6 inch piece on top up edgeways, and
drop in the pins; then place the sides
together at the rear end with one ex-
tending three inches past the other.
Pin on the by ! by 6 feet. Now bore
hole In the side that extends farthest
back three inches from the upper edge
and two and half inches from the
rear end; put in the eye bolt, which Is
fastened to the link, and place the link
tip beside the other side piece; put in
one of the staples to hold the extended
5iGgs from drawing back and the other
one ito hold them from working up and
down ON each other; put in pin as In
a barn door fastening. The side pieces
should Fbe cut out on lower side at the
rear end, starting five inches from the
upper side and coming to the lower
edge three feet from the rear end, thus
making an opening for extra dirt to es-i
cape; bore "a hole In lower front end OF
CHE three foot band irons and three
Ingles an the rear ena of each, and by
Eolaoing them over the opening in rear
send OF drag the opening can be mad
adjustable This opening should be
aseES closed as much ms lpossibie,a So
that lit does mot carry too much dirt,
Though tine drag should carry some dirt
an 9ae rear all OF the time to Ill holes
and low places. When the surface Of
The road has been cut and rutted by
amavel during a prolonged rain and be-
fore the earth has dried out, the drag
should be drawn back and forth over
the road This fills the holes and ruts
and crowns the road, preparing 1t to
shed the water precipitated by the next
rsinstorm. and, by doing the work be
fore the road has become hard and dry,
&he material thus scraped up becomes
incorporated in the road instead Of re-
maining on the surface to be ground
anto dust. The cost Of the construction
of the drag being insignificant, 1t is i
soossibIe for almost every farmer living
along road to build one and, by de.
voting few spare moments after each
a,aiDstorm, maintain good highway
The idea of the V drag was derived
from the recent earnest advocacy of D.
Ward King has come to be known by
his name, and it is claimed as an i'm
Droyement in that, having more slant,
it draws more earth to the center; hav
ing two sides, one balancing the other.
and, being wide and rigid, it cuts the
bumps and fills the holes without leav-
ing wavy surface, as results from
using q one sided tool