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Why King System Is Cheapest
as Well as Best
IT BECOMES MERELY A CHORE
By Quitting a Littlo Earlier a Farmer
Can Easily Renew Hie Boulevard
Proof of Winter Draggings Value
Camparison of Cost
Copyright 1007 by D Ward King
Tlie cost of putting the King system
In operation Is a matter which must
have consideration Cost always Is
Important
When one first hears about road
dragging ho feels certain a mistake or
an exaggeration Is somewhere snugly
concealed and an active brain spends
a certain period searching for Its hid
ing place Convinced at last of the
drags achievements as a wonder
worker the same brain asks What
is the expense and again Is skeptical
when the answer comes The cost of
the new system Is many times less
than the cost of the old system
For the farmer who drags the half
mile or mile as may be from his
own front gate to his neighbors front
gate toward town there Is no ex
pense account With the drag In the
road at the front gate he quits a little
early at noon or In the evening as
the condition of the road soil decides
hitches to the drag and renews his
boulevard It becomes merely a chore
A neighbor of mine says Afer a fel
low once gets into the fashion of drag
ging It sticks to him like a bad habit
For myself I have been riding a drag
since the spring of 1890
In the fall I can tako a team from a
corn wagon at the crib and drag my
half mile stretch before the corn is un
loaded and in the winter months most
farmers can find an abundance of lei
sure in which to drag and the operation
possibly is of as much benefit in the
winter as it is in the summer In this
latitude near the Missouri Iowa line
we find two conditions of the road In
winter when dragging is remarkably
effective One of these special condi
tions is when a rough and frozen road
is thawed an inch or more In depth
at about 4 oclock in the afternoon
Another fovorable opportunity is at
the close of a warm spell when the
wind changes to the north and the
mud begins to stiffen with the chill
If the mud is dragged just before a
freeze the road of course remains
smooth until another thaw and the
difference between such a road and
one which was permitted to freeze up
rough is as marked as the difference
between deep mud and a dry road
On the one you can skim along at any
speed on the other you must move at
a snails pace with the horses gingerly
picking their steps and the vehicle
bouncing around as if you were riding
over a fresh blast in a rock quarry
Let me offer two paragraphs from
the Record Hampton la the first
showing the skepticism often met the
other confessing a radical change of
opinion and furnishing proof of the
value of dragging in the winter
months The writer addressed a good
roads meeting at Hampton Nov 2S
1905 Under date Nov 2S in the course
of an extended report of the meeting
the Record said
It is to be regretted that there was
no split log drag at hand that he could
make a satisfactory demonstration
with the one available not being in
accordance with the requirements and
the attempt to show -its workings were
of little or no benefit
But in the issue for Dec 9 the Rec
ord admits the inaccuracy of its first
impression In the following paragraph
the kernel of which is foand In the
last sentence of the quotation
The King drag that we have here
in town is being used today on our
streets and if we had teams enough
and drags enough Hampton would
have good roads within the city limits
tomorrow whereas for a week they
have been practically impassable for
the reason that the ground froze up a
week ago last night leaving the roads
all cut up And suppose that every
man In the county had had a King
drag costing about 2 and had drag
ged the road in front of his premises
once over and back a week ago Tues
day the afternoon that Mr King spoke
at the courthouse we would have had
good roads ever since This is demon
strated by the fact that wherever on
our streets the drag was used that aft
ernoon has been a smooth track ever
since
So much for the value In the winter
of the winter dragging
But winter dragging prepares the
way for lessening the cost of spring
and summer dragging because If the
roadway has this winter preparation
it will generally dry off and be ready
to drag before the adjoining fields dry
out and are fit to be plowed or culti
vated And so another series ef leisure
hours Is provided for making good
roads without money
I would rather drag half a mire of
road for a year than water three horses
for a year
If I should try to strike a balance for
the twelve months It would be some
thing like tbtef
DEBIT
Labor 400
CREDIT
Comfort and pleasure of my
own family 5500
Time saved 10OO
Saving in wear and tear 500
Satisfaction 1000
Benefit to neighbors and gen
eral public 15000
1SOO0
Balance In favor of the drag 17500
The last Item will perhaps need ex-
plana Mon The figure Is based on an
cstimnte tfiat our family will average
one trip per day to town and that
there Is an average of ten other teams
per day passing For good measure I
cut In half the benefit to nolghbors
Hon Matt Hall now warden of the
Missouri penitentiary was a wood
dragger before he left the farm In a
published statement he tells of begin
ning his work In deep mud in two
months ho had a half mile of road of
which he said I can hardly believe
my own eyes when I look at it A
loaded wagon wont make any more
impression on It than It would on a
floor I dont believe I have spent a
half a day on it altogether and hon
estly I wouldnt near take 50 for the
comfort It has been to me and my
friends and neighbors You will note
that Mr Halls estimate of benefit Is
abont double mine
A comparison was recently made
which showed by figures taken from
many counties and from Maine to
Minnesota that a dollar spent under
the new sjstcm would produce as
much benefit as several hundred dol
lars spent the old way It Is hard to
accept such conclusions yet the fig
ures bear investigation and analysis
LIKE A ROMAN ROAD
How a Chicago Millionaire Uses Rocks
on His New Hampshire Farm
J Glessner the Chicago millionaire
who has made his summer homo In
Bethlehem N H for the last twenty
four years is rapidly attaining fame
as a road builder says a Bethlehem
correspondent of the Chicago Record
Herald He is now able to show three
miles of probably the finest road In the
White mountains all within or adjoin
ing his own estate and all public road
although it was all built or bunt over
by Mr Glessner at his own expense
During the late autumn he had con
structed a half mile of road on the
main highway from Bethlehem to Lit
tleton and during most of that time
had a crew of seventy men thirty
horses nnd twenty oxen engaged on
the work Part of this road looks like
pictures of the modern French or the
old Roman roads and It is built fully
as solidly as the Roman roads used to
be in fact after the same plan
The most important work done on
the Littleton Bethlehem road by Mr
Glessner tills year has been an ex
tensive fill of quite a stretch of road
ever some lowland where bad travel
ing had generally been the rule At
the lowest place the road was filled in
six feet with stone and the stone
wall on each side was carried three
feet higher the wall in places being
ten feet higher on the back side or
side toward the fields The wall is
three feet wide on top and is strong
ly built
The road is twenty five feet wide be
tween the walls and four teams by
CURVED WAIiti ANTi ROADWAY AVHEBE A
SIX FOOT FJT1I1 WAS MADE
actual test can pass abreast This
wall extends for 400 feet and at one
part describes a beautiful curve Un
less it is desired to make a fill an ex
cavation of several feet is first made
and Mr Glessners men and oxen then
begin to dump in immense stones tak
en out of the neaiest fields A fairly
level course is made of these and then
another layer of somewhat smaller
stoue is dumped on
Then comes a still smaller layerancl
then last the stonework is leveled up
and all openings are filled in with very
small stone so carefully and thorough
ly placed that animals can be driven
over without hurting their feet Then
the rock is entirely covered and the
road finally shaped lip with a good
layer of hardpan which packs solid
and is practically Impervious to water
Drainage at each side is always pro
vided for the roads are well rounded
and these features combined with the
solid foundation of rock underneath
and the impervious layer on top give
an ideal road
International Road Convention
It is announced that the minister of
public works of France has been au
thorized to call an international con
vention in his country in 1908 for the
purpose of considering methods to pre
vent roads from being damaged by ex
cessive automobile traffic The use of
the automobile it is claimed has pro
duced many new problems in connec
tion with the splendid roads for which
France has become famous and a plan
for their construction nnd maintenance
is doemed necessary The delegates
will therefore hi particular discuss
methods of adapting present roads to
the new conditions of traffic
Canadas Irrierest In Good Road Plan
D Ward King of Maitland Mo who
is the head of the rural Improvement
department of the American Civic as
sociation has a drag log method for
obtaining good roads at the least ex
pense which is being adopted in the
Canadian provinces The Farmers Ad
vocate of London Ont is offering 100
in prizes for the best roads made with
a King drag In a personal letter the
editor wrote A widespread interest
has been aroused and many drags con
structed In addition to those used by
our contestants So far we are more
than delighted with what we have seen
and heurd of the results
Thfcy Woro Good Eaters
One day Di Norman McLeod who
v as a largo and healthy man and ono
of his burly elders went to pay a vlsil
to a certain Mrs MacLaren of tin
congregation who lived over the Scotch
hills She was a frugal woman but
since she knew that a call from these
two meant that they would stay to
supper too she determined that they
should have the best In the house So
she piled the table with jellies and jam
and preserves and shortbread and all
the delicacies of the season and the
Journey having been long they partook
unsparingly and after the meal the
elder said to her
Mrs MacLaren were you at the
kirk Sunday
Oh aye she said I was
And what did you think of the
treatment of the miracle The ser
mon had been 011 the loaves and fishes
I thought it was good said Mrs
MacLaren
And what is your Idea on the sub
ject Mrs MacLaren persisted the
minister
Losh said their hostess suddenly
Im thinkin that if you and the elder
had bin in the congregation there
wadna bin twelve baskets of frag
ments for the disciples to gather up
Maintaining His Argument
One night at Brooks when Coke wna
present Fox in allusion to something
that had been said made a very dis
paraging remark about government
powder Adam attorney general to
the Prince of Wales who heard it con
sidered it a personal reflection and
sent Fox a challenge At the time ap
pointed Fox went out and took his sta
tion standing full face to his adver
sary Fitzgerald pointed out to him
that he ought to stand sideways
What does it matter protested Fox
I am as thick one way as the other
The signal to fire was given Adam
fired but Fox did not His seconds
greatly excited told him that he must
fire Ill be if I do said Fox
I have no quarrel Whereupon the
two adversaries advanced to shake
hands Adam said Fox complacent
ly youd have killed me if it hadnt
been for the badness of government
powder London Bellman
The Sausage
The sausage dates back to the year
897 It has been asserted that the
Greeks in the days of Homer manufac
tured sausages but this prehistoric
mixture had nothing in common with
our modern product The ancient so
called sausage was composed of the
same materials which enter into the
makeup of- the boudin of the French
market and the blood pudding of the
French Canadian The ancient sausage
was enveloped in the stomachs of
goats It was not until the tenth cen
tury that sausage made of hashed pork
became known It was in or near the
year 1500 that thanks to the introduc
tion into Germany of cinnamon and
saffron the sausages of Frankfort and
Strassburg acquired a universal repu
tation
Insect Contrivance
As Dr Darwin was walking one day
in his garden he perceived a wasp
upon the gravel walk with a large fly
nearly as big as itself which It had
caught KneeliDg down he distinctly
saw it cut off the head and abdomen
and then taking up with its feet the
trunk or middle portion of thev body to
which the wings remained attached
fly away But a breeze of wind acting
on the wings of the fly turned round
the wasp with its burden and impeded
its progress Upon this it alighted
again on the gravel walk deliberately
sawed off first one wing and then the
other and having thus removed the
cause of its embarrassment flew off
with its booty
Gambettas Lost Eye
Gambetta the French patriot had
but one eye How he came to lose the
other in childhood is told a writer
It appears that Gambetta had such a
dislike to going to school that he said
to his father that unless hc were tale
from school he would ro one of his
eyes out Ilk fathor iKrJl 01 his re
maining on at ecIioo whereupon Gam
betta did as he hsil lirerencl to do
and on his faicr rcor t atiig vith
him he sail tut if hi filler sent him
back again to t hool he poe the
other eye o it fuch r iletciTnineJ
character vu ho
finally to giv ra U hi
hi father had
Ho Dccc v hi Vtch
A little boy v I- rsA y promised
a watch in t future
showed a tendons to iv ort to tho
subject vilh hi finally
overcame tlie pie irae ra
the I yv - Y 5 i 1 rv
presence Ill t sl t1 a the ulti
matum Xc t liM nli uz2 -- 1
each inemhCi o - - cJol a
Bible vc the- Cj y give his
as he fixed hi r t Liis eye an
repeated V I 1 - u o I
unto all Wt -
No words les almost di
vine love an l ierbess r ad the per
fect trust and happiness of that girl
wifes face as sln looked into the eyes
of her husband and smiled Other
holiday impressions may grow dim and
fade away but that sweet womans
face remains stamped on my memory
forever Wynne in London Reader
Ungrammatical Justice
Prisoner at the bar said the mag
istrate for the crime of overspeeding
you will pay a fine of 10 or be took to
jail for ten days
Thats not a correct sentence mur
mured the prisoner Philadelphia
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