The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-30
WHAT GOOD ROADS 30.
Increase School Attendance. Improve
Social Conditions, and Enlarge
Business Transactions.

Business Transactions.
10 per cent. increase iu the pro.
| portion Of the ayuiluhl, sharru ut.
tending schools took place. following
Oh" construction If good r,,.~ u
eight cuuutio, studied hy the office
Of public roads AMI rural cDgm,crin,
Of the department e. agriculture. t
is shown iu r"c'u' publication Of
| 30" office department bulletin NJ.
1903. The improvements In roads was
! followed also I'm ~"'rrul of the coun-
! ties. tho report Shove. 10y cou,ulid,.
! tion of humber q III" little one.
| room schools into graded schools.
which give The muilS hrlcr cduca.
tt"nnl advantages; by Il development
Of various industries and hv social
improvements due to easier inter.
course. These Improvements are re-.
lated 81 psrly tO increases i'm land
values and decreases i'm hauling costs.
effects also traced tu the conSttuc.
tiuu Of improved ropd-. Thr studies
were nude i'm Spott,rlyunia. Dmwid.
die, Lee, ana Wise counties. Nir.
ainia Franklin county New York.
Dallas county, Alabama, Laudcrdalc
county Mississippi and Manatcc
county. Florida.
In SpottSylvania county virginia.
the average daily school attendance
increased from - per cent. Of the
curollW'ut before the roads were i'm.
proved to - per cent. after. Sever.
al small schools were consolidated.
Between 1909. the year preceding the
building of good roads. and 1913 the
year following their complction the
shipment Of forest products. the prin.
cipal produtcS Of the county, incrcaS-
cd more than IS per cent. The in
crease during this period in the poul-
try business I'm the county was -
per cent. and in dairyins 10 per
cent.
In Dinwiddic county. virginia, the
average daily attendance for children
fer thirteen schools on the improved
roads was Ga per cent. Of the en-
rollmcnt in 1929. while the avcrag,
attendance for all other schools in the
county was 30 per cent. Several
school consultations have been Of.
fcctcd. larger school buildings have
been constructed AMI pupils have
hccu transported to school at the cN-
pcu~c Of the educational system since
tile ~pnd improvements were made.
Truck gardening unl dairying which
were profitable only within three
wlc, Of the principal market town
If the county before the road improve
mcut. are now carried ou nroiitahly
within -ovc1milc radius.
In Lee county. virginia. "a cou>id-
cradle Industry has been built mp fol-
lowing the road improvements I'm the
shipment Of tan bark. extract wood
and pulp wood products which could
not he 1roftahly hauled over the nm
improved roads. The improved high
way system has attracted buyers Of
farm urudict- who travel from farm
IN farm ana furnish 70 ucw cash mar.
kct for thr FARMERS. There has been
a - per cent. increase i'm hussic~
sold 10y q county vehicle factory.
In Wise county Virginia. social
conditions have been hcttcrcd since"
the good roads were constructed
many farmers along the improved
highways having buit new homes or
improved old ones. adding sanitary
copycnlenscs. School attendance has
increased materially, but since com
rulSorv attendance regulations weht
/ into effect about the time the improI-
cd roads were completed, the inllu-
epcc Of the two factors could not be-
determined separately. Several school
/ consultations have been made.
Automobile registrations in Frank
lin county. New York, increased from
271 before the road Improvement in
1912 In SO after road Improvement
IN 1o1i ana two automobile bus lines
connecting distant towns in the coun'
~ vore established as soon as III" I'm
oroved roads were opened.
There has been notable stlmu'n-
tlon of dairying and general diversl-
acation on the farms of Dallas couh-
| .,.t,.,,o eince the Improvement