The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-18
ROAD DRAG IS USEFUL
Proven Success Everywhere
When Used After Rains.
Implement 10 Of Particular Value In
Founding Up Crown and Filling In
Rsss-herrow makes SxesA
lent Substitute.

The road drag has proved q sue-
cess everywhere whom used after rains
TO round UP the crown and
All the rpts- This does M mean
that the crown should be 90 sharp as
to slant the wagon unduly, for as the
road ia not to be neglected, but cheap
ly worked as needed, there 10 no neeo
for too sharp an elevation.
We shall NOON b hauling an I'M
mense tonnage to market. md l De-
lieve the drag should be used Whether
it rains or not, to keep the roads IN
shape, or we shall again, unless there
are frequent rains, which seldom 90
ours In the fall. have deep cuts all
across the travelled surface which are
80 close they cannot DO avoided, says
a writer In the Denver Weekly Post
When we start hauling we follow the
centar Of tia road. which soon be-
comes deeply sutted and then We
straddie those ruts, continuing whilst
any surface b left which 70 at al
solid. The peat loads cut deeper ano
deapes. forcing DO dirt higher and
hisher at the side Of the rut where II
dries out, becoming pliahle and loose
In taet, thu road begins to present ths
pearance OF q badly plowed held
which has not known the harrow. The
escape OF moisture leaves the soil par
ticles without o film Of water around
them to bind them together, and there
ia Q o Of less complete break up OF
the road surface. 1t Is not 30 muon
the use OF the drag AZ q rut hlier'
which to obvious, 70 which | wish 70
draw attention % to its 8 as an
agent TO retain some moisture which
viii bind the road and give 1t resist
snce to the wheels, just as~ harrowns a
asld or race track works for IN 9th
or osse. Il g the dust mulch on top
that preserves the lower levels from
air spaces and breaks up. Teams and
teamsters will follow the lines OF least
resistance, and how often the road
runs round where onoe was vet
spot on . sharp curve for months BE-
cause tho erstwhile mud spot is a lit
tie rough and the roundabout way
smooth. Where these rough spots
are short, teams returning With empty
wagons can easily straishten out the
road, but they seldom do so.
II the road be dragged occasionally,
perhaps we cannot entirely prevent
the formation Of rut. but when the hrst
ones are straddled the old ones will
be filed, and soon We car travel both
tracks. alternating at the same time
forming, . most solid comb to the road
by the rolling Of the wheels. A wagon
wheel, on account. OF its small size,
dropping OF . hard onto a soft spot
naturally makes cracks, whilst q road
drag, whilst It may not fill all the
holes II there Is not enough loose dirt.
produces hong undulattons which DO not
tend to cut out DAY by day and get worse
and worse. Sometimes we shall have
bad roads In DE fab. ever II we drag,
because our road material is not equal
to resisting the loads placed upon It,
but the road cannot become 30 bad
as Il does when no attention what
ever il given to leveftns tt and keep
ing Il compact. Where no drag h
available, a harrow, with tho teeth
stunted, viii work a very great im-
provement, and 1t GAG be chsaply aD-
piled.