The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-05-22

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No. Flowing gives a soft founda-
ton. Flowing the middle Of the
road IS relic Of the old dump scrap
er days.
What do You do where there are
deep ruts in the road?
Drag them. If you drag when the
surface is quite loose and soft you
will be surprised how soon they will
disappear.
| How do you get the dirt to the
middle Of the road?
By hauling the drag slantwise
with the end that is toward the
center Of the road a little to the
rear Of the other end.
But suppose the road is too mar
row?
! First drag the wheel tracks. AT
tier three or four rains or wet spells,
pillow a shallow furrow just outside
the dragged part. Spread this over
the road with the drag. Only pillow
one furrow. You may pillow another
furrow after the next rain. At each
blowing, you widen the road bed
two feet.
How many horses do you use?
Two generally. Three if it is 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.
How do you drain the road?
If the earth is pushed to the mid
die Of the road continually the road
/ will drain itself.
| Why not make the drag out Of
plank?
You can, and do good work. Mr..
Chas. Hill Of Mexico, Mo-. (quoted
Eelsewhere) uses one made Of three
hard wood two by fours. But the
split log is best. The plank drag is
not SO stiff and quivers and founces.
Why not make the drag Of heavy
sawed timber, say 6x8 or 8x10?
Because they have a tendency to
/ slip over the bumps. The log is
better than the plank because it is
thin, taasring edges scrape more
surel
| y ut you grade up the road first?
~. The grading is done with
the drag, gradually. BY 50 doing
The road is solid all the time and is
built on a solid foundation.
At what angle do you haul the
drag?
A safe answer is forty-fve de-
gres, or in common parlance, exact
lily quartering. But bear in mind
that the proper angle Of a drag like
the proper tension Of a sewing MAJ
is. VI
chine depends somewhat on circum-
stances. The angle Of the drag will
need to be varied as the soil is moist
or dry and as the surface is Inore or
less convex. These slight changes
can be made by the driver walking
in one direction or the other on the
drag.
What does it cost to drag a mile
of road a year?
The cost is variously estimated at
from ST to So. | think much de.
ponds on season and what degree
Of excellence satisfies the man who
drags.
How do you keep the drag from
lodging sidewise7
T By not loading it too heavily Il
/ it lodges it is overloaded. If it is
overloaded it is because you are
trying to do too much at once. The
secret of road dragging is little al
the time and often.
Will it work?
All over the state of Missouri the
drag has been used with satisfaction
The state board Of agriculture re
commends it and publishes free
booklet on the subject.
i Mr.. King has travelled extensively
in Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and elsewhere
and everywhere comes the word il
will do the business.
/ The Northwestern Railway com
pany sent out a special good roads
train February 18th to oath, thru
Illinois. and previously one thru
Iowa, to tell the people about the
King drag r. F. D. News.