WIDE TIRES ON FARM WAGONS.
Good Roads for August has a forcible, timely word to farmers on the use of wide tires. After speaking of those sections of country which have as the most available material for road making common dirt, it says:— “But it is absolutely necessary to use wide tires, and what is more, it is profitable to the user in that he can haul double the corn out of the field that he could have hauled with narrow tires, and he can get to town with a very much larger load, even when he is the only user of wide tires over that road; and as soon as the flat-footed wagons become general, it is not necessary to spend one-half the amount in keeping up even a common dirt road. “With proper drainage and wide tires, a long step is taken in the direction of going to town in the spring and fall. Few localities are so low that drainage is not practical, and even in the lowest bottoms a road properly raised, with suitable side ditches and cross tiles, will be in good shape most of the time; but no such road can stand narrow tires. “Get proper highways as soon as possible, but get wide tires now. The meanest road is made better; a fair road is much improved; a soft road is kept smooth; a good road is left so; a hard road is made harder; a smooth road is made smoother; a rough road is leveled; and all roads last longer; larger loads can be hauled; larger bank accounts may be maintained; better profits for the farmer; better prices for the consumer; better nature will prevail; and better citizens are made by the use of WIDE TIRES. “Therefore get wide tires first, and good roads will be easier of attainment.”