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THU CARTERSVILIT. NEWS. THURSDAY. JUNE u. r 9 oS.
THE SPLIT LOG DRAG.
Interestlug Paper From the Oftice of
Public Roods.
One of ihe latest publications
issued by the Office of Public
Roads of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture treats if the
split-log drag, an implement which
numtrous experiments have con
clusively shown to be the greatest
possible boon to Keep earth roads
smooth and passable. Because of
its simplicity, its efficiency and
its cheapness, oth in construc
tion and operation, it is destined
to come more am more iuto gen
eral use. With tlie dr g properly
bu’lt and its use well understood,
tffi; maintenance of earth roads
becomes a simple and iuexpensive
matter.
At the present time there are
approximately 2,000,000 miles of
earth roads in the United States.
Some of the most important of
these toads will eventually be im
proved with stone, gravel, and
other materials. Many others
which are equally important can
not be so improved on account of
lack of funds or suitable materials,
while still others will not require
such treatment because of the
light traffic to which they are
subjected. For these reasons the
majority of our roads must be
maintained as earth roads for
many years to come. This must
be do e by inexpensive methods
and the split-log drag will be a
powerful aid if economy is the
criterion demanded.
In the construction of this im
plement, care should be taken to
make it so light that one man ca
lift it with ease, a light drag
responding more readily to various
methods of hitching than a heavy
one, as well as to the shifting of
the position of the operator. The
best material for a split log-drag
is a very dry red cedar log,
though red elm and walnut are
excellent, and box elder, soft
maple, or even willow are superior
to oak, hickory, or ash. The log
should be between 7 and 10 feet
long and from 10 to 12 inches in
diameter at the butt end. It
should be split carefully as near
center as possible, and the
heaviest and best slab chosen for
the front. In the front slab 4
inches from the end which is to
drag in the middle of the road
bore a 2-inch hole which is to
receive a cross stake. At a dis
tance of 22 inches from the other
end of the front slab, locate the
center for another cross stake.
Tha hole for the middle stake
will be on a line connecting and
hall way between the two. Then
place the back slab in position
and from the end which is to drag
in the middle of the road measure
20 inches for the center of one
cross stake and'6 inches from the
other end locate the center of the
opposite stake. The hole for the
center stake should be located
half way between the two. All
these holes should be carefully
bored perpendicular or at right
angles to the face of the split log.
If these directions are followed
it will be found that when the
holes of the front and back slabs
are brought opposite each other,
one end of the back slab will be
16 inches nearer the center of the
roadway than the front one. That
gives what is known as“set back.”
The stakes, which are 30 inches
long, will hold the slabs this dis
tance apart. When the stakes
have been firmly wedged into
their sockets, a brace about 2
inches thick and 4 inches wide may
be placed diagonally to them at
the ditch end of the drag. A cleat
ed board is placed between the
slabs and across the stakes for
driver to stand on.
By many it is deemed best to
place a strip of iron along the
lower face of the front slab for a
cutting blade to prevent the drag
from wearing. The drag may be
fastened to the doubletree by
means of a trace chain. The
chain should be wrapped around
the left-hand or rear stake and
passed over the front slab. Rais
ing the chain at this end of the
slab permits the earth to drift
past the face of the drag. The
other end of the chain should be
passed through a hole in the op
posite end of the front slab and
held by a pin passed through a
link.
For ordinary purposes, the hitch
should be so made that the un
loaded drag will follow the team
at an angle of about 45 degrees.
The team should be driven with
one horse on either side of the
right-hand wheel track or rut
the full length of the portion to
be dragged, and made to return
in the same manner over the other
half of the roadway. Such treat
ment will move the earth towards
the center of the roadway and
raise it gradually adove the sur
rounding level.
The best results have been ob
tained by dragging roads once
each way after each heavy rain.
SALE.
In some cases, how’ever, one drag
ging every three or four weeks
has been found sufficient to keep
a road in good coudnion.
When the soil is moist but not
sticky the drag does its best work.
As the soil in a field will bake if
ploughed wet, so the road will bake
if the drag is used on it when it
is wet. If the roadw r ay is full of
holes or badly rutted, the drag
should be used once when the
ground is soft and slushy. This
is particularly applicable before a
cod spell in winter, when it is
possible to so prepare the surface
that it will freeze smooth..
Not infrequently conditions are
met which may be overcome be a
slight change in the manner of
hitching. Shortening the chain
tends to lift the front slab and
make the cutting slight, while a
longer hitch causes the front slab
to siak more deeply into the earth
and on the principle of a plow.
If a furrow of ‘earth is to be
moved, the doubletree should be
attached close to the ditch end of
the drag, and the driver should
stand with one foot on the extreme
forward end of the front slab.
Conditions are so varied in dif
ferent localities, howfever, that it
is quite impossible to lay down
specific rules. Certain sections
of a roadway will require more
attention than others, because of
steep grades, wet weather springs,
soil conditions, exposure to sun
and wind, washes, etc. There is
one condition, however, in which
special attention should be given.
Clay roads under persistent drag
gings frequently become too high
in the center. This may be cor
rected by dragging the earth to
wards the center of the road twice,
and away from it once
There is no question as to the
economy of this road-making im
plement, either in first cost or in
operation. In six counties in
Kansas in 1906 the cost or main
taining ordinary earth roads, with
out the aid of the split-log drag,
averaged $42.50 a mile. These
figures were furnished by profes
sor W. C. Head, of the University
of Kansas, who secured them from
official records of the counties.
Some figures furnished by F.
P, Sanborn and R. H. Aishton,
general manager of the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad, have
revealed the wonders of this sim
ple device. Mr. Sanborn said
“the least expense per mile per
annum for split-log dragging was
$1.50, the greatest a little over $6,
and the average expense per mile
for miles a little over SB. I
have lived along this road all my
life and never in 40 years have I
seen it freer from mud and dust,
despite the fact that during the
season we have experienced the
extremes of weather conditions.”
The testimony of Mr. Aishton is
equally strong. Learning that a
township in lowa had been mak
ing an investigation of the split
log drag and had been experiment -
ing with it for a year on 28 miles
oi highway, he sent an agent to
secure information. It was re
ported that although the town
board had paid the cost of making
the drags and of hiring men to
operate them, the total expense
for one year averaged but $2.40 a
mile, and the roads were reported
to have been “like a race track”
the greater portion of the year.
An Eccentric Doctor.
In "Devonshire Characters and
Strange Events” are related startling
methods of Dr. John W. Budd In curing
hysterical patients. His common meth
od with such cases was outrageous bul
lying, in which he seems to have been
remarkably successful. Nor were hys
terical women the only deceivers to
feel his anger and wit—thus:
A miserly old fellow who was well
off in worldly goods visited Dr. Budd
at his cottage in Westwell street aud,
thinking to save the guinea fee, dressed
himself in rags. The doctor recognized
him, but listened patiently to the old
man’s tale and then asked him where
he lived, to which he replied by naming
a very poor part of the village near his
own residence and using a feigned
name.
The doctor said, “Do you know who
lives In that big house in the place with
the door that has a pediment over it?”
which the old man replied “Yes”
and mentioned his own name.
“Then,” said Dr. Budd. “call on that
gentleman on your way home and tell
him that the devil will have him in a
fortnight”
A few days beyond the fortnight the
old gentleman actually died.
Saws Without Teeth.
An explanation of the manner in
which a soft steel disk revolving at a
high velocity cuts hard steel has been
sought with the aid of microscopic in
spection. The result corroborates the
theory that the material acted upon is
heated at the place of contact to the
fusing point and then brushed away.
The high temperature appears to be
confined very narrowly to the point of
contact, so that a thin gash is cut
The temperature of the revolving disk
does not rise so high because of the
large surface area erf the disk. The
part of the disk in contact is continual
ly changing, while the frictional en
ergy Is concentrated on a very small
area of the material subjected to its
action.—Youth’s Companion.
J.E. FIELD & SON
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