Northern Wyoming herald and Garland irrigation era., February 10, 1911, Image 7

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PRESERVE ROAD FOUNDATIONS
Properly Constructed Macadam Roads Are Supplied With
• Drain to Carry Off Surplus Water-
Some Excellent Plans.
(By A. B. FLETCHER.)
Water should never be permitted to
remain under a macadam road. It
softens the foundation ao that the bro
ken atone la forced down Into It by the
wheels of vehicles, thus causing ruts
to develop In the macadam. In fres
hing It expands and "heaves" the
broken stone, destroying the bond and
causing the larger fragments of stons
to rise to the surface. As a result the
material In the subgrade la forced up
Into the Interstices, and In the spring
the macadam will be found to be
rough. Irregular In shape, and weak
ened. There are several ways of re
moving the subsurface water, at least
In part Sometimes If the grade Is
raised In wet places the trouble will
be lessened, particularly If porous
materials are used.
Side drains may be constructed In
the cuts on each side of the road. Just
outside of the limits of the macadam.
These drains consist of narrow trench
es Oiled with broken atone or small
gravel stones, with a pipe flve or six
luches In diameter near the bottom.
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The pipe la laid with open Joints, true
to grade, and la carried to a proper
outlet. Sometimes the pipe la omit
ted and the entire trench la filled with
atones, In which case It la called a
blind drain. Such drains serve to cut
off the subsurface water before It can
B»t under the macadam.
The subgrade may be excavated to
the width of the macadam so as to be
six to eight inches deep at the edges,
and twelve to eighteen inches deep at
the ©enter. The surface will then
have the shape of an extremely flat
tened letter V. The bottom should be
fairly true to grade, so as to permit
the water to flow readily. This exca
vation Is filled with stones varying in
else from small pebbles to bouldgrs
bight or ten Inches In diameter, the
largest being placed' at the bottom.
These stones need not be placed with
special care, but the condition of the
mass should be such as to permit con
solidation with a roller. To dispose of
the water collected by a drain of this
kind, narrow trenches should be cut to
the sides so as to connect with open
LOADING CHUTE IS CONVENIENT
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A loading chute lea great conve
nlence. If not a necessity, on every
farm where hogs are grown, says the
Michigan Farmer. A hog chute re
quires to be Just wide enough to al
low one big hog to pass through It at
a time and not turn around, say from
JO to 24 Inches. Make the chute 8
feet long, using good hardwood 2x4’s
for sides (oak Is best), round the bot
tom corner or heel and taper bottom
corner at toe back 18 Inches (see dia
gram). On the top or flat sides nail
floor of Inch boards putting on occa
sionally a cleat to prevent animals
from slipping. Take two pieces of
Iron lVixft Inch, sharpen one end and
bend over, forming hooks 1H Inches
Jong (old wagon tire Is good). Bolt
these to shaped toe with hooks bent
down on tall of wagon. The sides are
beat made of elm strips three or four
Inches wide, the same length as the
bottom and three strips to the side,
evenly spaced. Cut through uprights
so that they will make the sides 2H
feet high when put together. Fasten
with bolts, one bolt to the slat and
one to sill. This allows the sides to
close drawn or shove forward, thus
closing up space at rear of wagon
which cannot be done with the still
sides or chute with legs, and the
chute will be the right height for any
wagon. These aides are kept In place
by long, heavy hooks bolted to bot
tom slat and fastened to body or sill
by staples at close Intervals to allow
for shutting up space at rear of
wagon. Do not put anything across
the top as slats are In the way In
outlets. These tenches should also
be filled with stones. Sueh a drain is
usually effective and ordinarily costs
less than two side drains.
Another way of multiplying In part
the effect of the subsurface water Is
to construct a foundation of telford.
Formerly, nearly all macadam roads
were built with a telford base, re
gardless of any consideration of the
retirements of traffic. It Is now
generally recognized that, except In
unusual cases where the subsoil Is
full of water which cannot be drained
out. the telford base Is unnecessary
except for purposes of subdrainage.
A satisfactory telford foundation may
be made by placing vertically on a
layer of gravel two or more Inches In
depth, stones of fairly uniform size,
not exceeding ten Inches in width, six
Inches in depth, and varying In length
from six to twenty Inches. The stones
should be set on their broadest edges,
lengthwise across the road, and
wedged rigidly into position by driving
smaller stones Into the interstices
with mauls. Projecting points should
be broken off with stone hammers, de
pressions filled with chips, and the
telford rolled with a steam roller until
It Is true to the desired cross sec
tion.
Where the foundation of the road
would otherwise be very bad. and
no gravel er other like material Is
readily obtainable, or where an un
usually substantial road Is required to
meet the demands of traffic, this
form of construction is recommended.
Under ordinary conditions it 4s much
too expensive. It has been said, and
there Is some supporting evidence,
that a rigid and unyielding telford
base has the effect of an anvil, and
that the macadam, under the pound
of traffic, wears more rapidly than
in the ordinary broken-stone road.
Several other «b vices are some
times employed to take care of the
subsurface water, such as the center
box drain, built of slabs of stone, and
side drains, with plank boxes in lieu
of drain tile. Usually these are either
too expensive or too unstable a nature
to be recommended.
case you want to make a rush up the
chute.
The Idea of a narrow chute Is to
keep the pig from turning around,
as It U the pig that turns around
that causes the trouble. The object
of the round heel Is to aid In manipu
lation.
Bllage for Bheep.
It Is believed that greater care must
be had In preparing silage for sheep
than for cattle. Sheep require a sweet
and dry silage. Thickly planted corn
cut before It Is well matured, does not
make Ideal silage for sheep. Corn
planted about like Held corn, har
vested and put Into the silo when It
begins to dent, has proven very
healthful to sheep, and they have done
well upon It. If clover bky Is fed In
conjunction with this silage, cheap
and satisfactory gains may be made
In sheep fattening.
Mutton ap the Farm.
With the sheep on the farm the
problem of fresh meat for family use
Is partly solved. Mutton butchered
on the farm can nearly always be used
to advantage, and (hen you will know
wlfetber you are eating spring lamb
or something else.
The .Sheep Business.
One reason why sd many beginners
fall In the sheep business Is that they
have been led to believe that aheep
can be kept with little trouble or care
and that profits are, nevertheless, sure
to accrue.
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Painful Symptoms: Backache, sideache, pains
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Urinary Symptoms: Discolored or cloudy
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morning urine stand for 24 hours. If it shows
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grains, like brick dust, the kidneys are proba
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had the beat phy
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For five weeks I
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