A CALF BY POST.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3389, 19 January 1920, Page 5

A CALF BY POST.

WHAT GOOD ROADS MEAN. To be able to market his produceto send a calf, or receive a bale of, hay—by parcels post is one of the 1':-Lcilities enjoyed by the .-.&mel'iean farmer as 9. direct outcome of the nationwide good roads campaign in America. The mo-for truck is becoming the principal means of transporting the product of the soil to market, and the farmer is becoming independent of the railways. - . ‘ .

In establishing‘the rural delivery and parcels post system on such a wide basis, the postal éurfhorities have absorbed practically all the motor lorries previously used on war work. This, according to Mr L. J. Olliver, who is in Sydney .o.n 2» business visit, is but one indication of the national benefit derived from the construction of good roads in the ‘United States. An idea of the ili‘.portanee_,,attaChed to roadways may be gained from the proposals of the various governing authorities for the next fer.‘ years. Congress has voted the sum of £100,000,000 for the construe-rtion and maintenaneee of the “national highvvzrys,” which are to form a complete network,

connecting all the States in the Union with one another and the coast. This sum is to be expended in five years, afner which it is proposed to authorise the spending of another £100,000,000. For these roads the Federal Government is responsible. The various‘ State Governments control. the feeders, or all roads other than the national highway, within ‘their bougldal‘ies. For thi:-. purpose they are expending next. year amounts varying tron? £5,000,000 to 13.15.000.000. lowa is laying out £20.000,000 on her internal roads.

“Until,” said Mr Olliver, “the people get over the idea {hat the good road only for th<.':=.u‘rmnobile, and realise that it means cheaper, quicker_, and better tra.n.spoz'tation for food.<fufi’s, 1-0-.'1(1..s xno\'nmm2f cannot succeccl. Aust*r:llia.ns must bn nducatod up to Hm 7vo<=osS‘Ef_v for I')otfel' roads.”