Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1884 — Good Walks. [ARTICLE]

Good Walks.

There is nothing so much needed about many houses as good walks in paths that must be used daily. is hardly an excuse for not haying them, when either brick, gravel, or timber can be had. A good walk through muddy yards can be easily and cheaply made by placing poles side by side, a short distance apart, and then filling the intervening space with gravel, or with broken corn-cobs, or with sawdust. Oak planks will last many years, if turned over occasionally, and this also counteracts warping. One of the best walks through a level barnyard can be made by cutting off short pieces from logs, a foot or more in diameter, and setting them upon end in a shallow trench. Such a walk from the barn to the kitchen will always be clean, and there will be less to disturb the temper of the women folks of the household, to say nothing of the good effect upon the men folks who take pleasure in lightening the labor required to keep everything neat and tidy within doors. — Farm, and Fireside.