Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-30
SOD S DID IS BARRIER B .....:.
TO GOOD ROADS

One of the greatest hindrances t.
road improvements is the grass so.
that grows on the grades of our put
lie highways, mainly on account OF tn.
lack of proper maintenance. Gcnel
ally when a grade has been bull.
nothing more is done for a number O.
years. The grade will sod over ant
dorm grass shoulder.A SO that tn,
water cannot run down the sides, AM
soon 1t will follow the wheel track.
and cause ruts and mud holes to. form.
If the King drag was used more thes.
grass shoulders would not. form 81
easilp. Two thirds OF Our. roads ar.
poor a great deal each year becaus.
CT the grass shoulders. We have
found that the best way to overcome
/ this trouble is by the breaking ploN
Break the full grade outside OF tht
! wheel track Or where the, grass com
mences turn the furrow toward tht
center if the grade is not too steep o.
high, Care should be taken SO tina
all the sod is turned upside down
Break as wide as. you want the roat
to be. including the bitches. Genera.
| ", thirty.two or forty.feet is wild.
enough for the grade and bitches. iot
want from twelve to sixteen feet out
side the bitches for a drive when tn.
grade is rough, as it will sometimes
become so early in the winter aftel
q sudden freeze.up, g.,...
-Four: good horses and three mel
can break half mile iii, a day, Tht
same number OF horses and ono ma.
can disc. it up well in a day and
| smooth it, with a smoothing harrow
making 4 good road bed and with IL,
sods to bother The disc will wori
! some OF the loose earth toward thu
center and help round up, the, grade
| II the grade is flat on top, the frs
harrow can be plowed inside the grass:
and moved to the, center with thu
grader. Generally this is not neces
sary for, If the grass shoulders arr
broken deep enough, the water viii
run off under the sod. Many roat
builders object to this method. The.
want to get earth outside the. grad
and fill up in between the sras.
shoulders. We have found that tn,
wafer will not run off as quickly iron
the new grades as the grass shoulder.
will not allow it to drain off under
meath.
In breaking up a number OF roads
this spring that had soddcd over witt
blue grass, we found the ground un
der the grass shoulders dry although
it had rained SO that we could no
pillow corn fora few days. This givei
the farmer a chance to work his rOaf
tax when he cannot work on the farm
at the same time laying a foundation
for better roads without any sot
trouble.
The disc should be used few time.
through the summer SO that no grass
and weeds will grow. II the ground
is OF the kind In Which grader VII
not scour, the grade can be plowet
| with, the crossing plow when the sol
has decayed, rounding up the grade
gradually, which would make a bette
! road than to build a high grade a
| once.
The King drag should be used al
often as the road gets ruts. There i
nothing that WilEkecp All earth. roagt
in as good condition as the continue
use OF the Kind drag. ltadds q it'll
earth to the grade each time and pre-
vents the grass shoulders from form
ing so quickly. II the. sods arc. KEEP
out of the road and this drag used q