Good roads will do more to increase
the value of farm property than any
other one thing. In a recent article
from a gentleman who had a personal
acquaintance with some of the aban
doned farms in the eastern states,
the writer gave as one of the prime
causes of their abandonment the
wretched condition of the roads. Wo
heed thoroughly to understand that
the condition of our public roads
largely determines the value of our
farms. The grades should in very
many cases be remedied. To this
there are two objections—first, the ex
pense; and second, the fact that the
change wotfid in many cases place
the highway from ten to thirty rods
from the Imildings. The first is an
swered in showing the extra needless
expense incurred by farmers in hauling
loads. This item alone would very
soon pay the expense of making the
change. As to the second objection,
there could be a lane or short roadway
from the main highway, which in some
Instances might necessitate climbing a
hill, but not as steep as many already!
Apples
found on the roads now in use.—Massa
chusetts Ploughman.
i
!
Peach Trees.
