The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-27
ccsT o. HAULING CROPS 70
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st s- early date tte U1l.ad s.s.es
department q agriculture AL issue
s-ue..1 SO q. ot --- bureau of sta
tLs,lcs prepared ty Frank Andrews.
s5c--z,io1 expert of The division
q foreign markets The bulletin is
fero-t % ,he COS. %, hauling crops
from farms 20 shipping POINTS The
n.s-es given are based gp,~eturns
from nearly 1900 counties. and GOV.
e-E practically the entire area Of the
co11try.
The average cost 70 the farmer
% hauling vhea, from farms % ship
ping p1lu's is given as cents per
100 pounds. the a~r-age distance
hauled is % miles and the average
wagon load q vheat weighs 32-3
pounds. thus containing about - bus
he.s For cotton ,he average j0ad IS
1902 pounds. distance from Shipping
point iis miles and cost ~ hauling
10 cents pr 100 pounds Reduced 20
terms ~ cot per ton per mile the
rate of whea, ls Is cents and for cot
ton q cents.
The highest cost ot haul is for wool
which is carried On an average 30 S
miles from farm Or ranch 20 shipping
poiul a. a rate of - cents per 100
ponds for the entire distance. The
lowest cost for any one product IS
hemp. which is hauled from farms
10 shipping points a. an average cost
Of 8 cents per 100 pounds. the ay.
"-age distance hauled being J.2 miles
and the average load Of hemp weigh.
ing 1898 pounds.
From the entire distance from farm
10 shipping point corn, oats and bar
ely are each handled a. an average
cost Of : cents per 100 pounds; hay
lna1seed rye and timothy seed. ;
cents; wheat,s potatoes and bean
3 cents, tobacco and live hoks, ls
cents; rice, hops and Duckwheat, Il
cents; apples and peanuts, u cents
vegetables tOther than pOtatoesJ and
cotton seed. - cents; cotton and
fruit lo,her than applesJ IG cents
and wool - cents
Except in the case Of wool. pracu
lcally all cost represents the expense
Incurred By farmers in hauling theii
own products. Wool IS hauled In tbs
Rocky mountains largely By regular
freight wagons. and the wool grow
ers pay for the hauling a. various
lrates per 100 pounds
The total tonnage Of farm product.
hauled on country roads in tho Unit
ed States is not known but OF J.
leading products 81 is estimated thai
Incarly 5O.0JOOOO tons wece hauled
from farms during the crop year 1905
los. az cost Of about s5.110U0Y o..
more than five per cent % their val
ue az local markets. OF This traffic
"A 10000. 900 represented the weight Of
lcorn. wheat and cotton, and the cost
lof hauling these three products was
s7OOOo.Oco
The lumber OF working DAYS taken
to haul twelve leading crops from
farms 10 shipping points during the
year l905-0G is estiu lted 2. 21,4l7,
500 and the number Of loads taken
as 3O.3l9.OOO. The greatest time in
any one crop in hauling TO shlppina
points J S.iS2 .20y days for corn;
hut II the time taken for hauling tC
Iloca mills the wheat consumed in
the country where grown is to be In
cludcd, the total number OF working
days taken 70 haul wheat from farms
during the crop year just mentioned
would be over 100000.
Although there were fewer loads o.
cotton than Of oats. It required 1000.
600 more working days for men anc
teams 70 haul the fiber than this
grain. the average time for a rounC
"trip for hauling oats being O,G day
and for cotton day.
Including wheat hauled TO loca
mills for grinding, the total mum
ber OF wagon loads OF the twelve
crops just referred to was 3l,20O,0 900
and the service Of men and teams
for 24,5OO,OOO working days were US
ed in moving these loads.
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