Plea For Wide Tires

A correspondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggeets that a comparison of wide and narrow tires may be made as follows : One Jong atride toward good roads Tfould be acoomplished if wecould eonvince (he people what a blessing good roads are for all mankind, especially for the farmers, and that broad tires ou all wagons that carry 1,000 pounds or more are the salvation of good roads. One way to bring about this change and i edúcate the people as to what broad tires will really do toward making a good road and keepiug it would be if our fair associations all over this grand country wonld offer a good, large premium for the wagon tbat would be the lightest draft and keep the roads in the best shape. The way to test tbis wonld be to give each wagon its own track, use the standard narrow tires and 4 inch tires; water the track in certaiu places, usin the same amount of water on each track ; loading each wagon the same; make each wagon make the same nnmber of trips over the track, and give the premium to the wagon that is the iigbtest draft on team and that keeps the road in best shape. Wake up for good roads.