Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-09
Material Provided for Advocates Of
Good Roads-cost Of Hauling From
Farm TO Market Amounts to S Fer
Cent Of Total Value of Twelve Lead
ing Crops.

had to do with the twelve leading crops
only, and, therefore, do not cover all
the hauling done by the farmers OF
the country.
OF the twelve leading crops, it was
found that nearly 50,000,000 tons were
hauled from farm to market In the
past crop year, at cost of about $780,
100000, or more than per cent OF
their value at the local market. OF
this traffic, 4o,Oo0,o0o tons represented
the weight OF corn, wheat and cotton,
and the cost Of hauling these three
products was s70,O00,00O.
The number of working days taken
to haul the twelve leading crops from
farm to shipping point is estimated at
Fl, 417,5O0, and the number Of loads
taken at 30.319,000. The greatest time
consumed in hauling any one crop to
market was s,494,200 days fir corn.
But IL the time taken for hauling to
local mills the wheat consumed IN the
counties where grown be included, the
tota' number OF working days con-
sum, In hauling wheat would be over
8,900,D00.
Altho there were fewer loads of cot
ton than Of oats, 1t required 100000
more working days for men and teams
to haul the fiber than this grain. the
average time for a round trip for haul
ling oats being three ffths 'of q day
arid for cotton one day. Including
wheat hauled to local mills for grind
ing, the total number of iwagtnloads OF
the twelve crops was $4,000 900, and
the services of men an1 teams for "a
100000 days were req ired to move
these loads.
The average cost to the farmer for
hauling wheat to market is 8 cents per
100 pounds, the average distallce hau!e1
is nine and two-fifths miles, and the
average wagonload weighs 3,32S
pounds, containing about fifty five
bushels. For cotton the average load
is 1902 pounds, distance from market
eleven and four-fifths miles, and cost
Of hauling 16 cents per 100 p'.unds. Per
ton per mile wheat costs 10 cents and
cotton 81 cents. The highest cost for
hauling is for wool, which is carried on
an average 1913 miles, at the rate of A
cents per 100 pounds. The lowest cost
lis for hemp. which is taken to market
for an average of 6 cents per 100
pounds.
Corn, oats and barley are each taken
to market at an average cos. of cents
per 100 pounds; hay, flaxseGd, rye and
timothy seed, 8 cents; wheat, potatoes
and beans, 9 cents; tobacco and live
hogs, 10 cents; rice, hops s;.nd buck
wheat, II cents; apples and peanuts, y
cents; vegetables, other than potatoes,
and cotton seed, 10 cents; cotton and
fruit, other than apples, is cents; wool,
"A cents.
1t was found that the greatest dis
lance over which it will pay to haul a
crop will practically limit the produc.
ton of that crop for the market. Be
yond that limit a more valuable prod
uct must be raised. But the distance
limit for profitable farming may be
vastly EXTENDED by improved
roads and improved means of hauling.
Improvements of this kind tend to
lessen the expense of hauling a load
and thus make 1t profitable for farm
ers to haul from a greater distance.
The average load varies in the diff
ferent communities directly with the
state of the roads. In some states the
loads of a given crop are regularly
twice as large as in other states, and
thus the farmer In the state where
the roads have been improved can
haul longer distance at q profit, and
he also makes much more money when
the distance is the same.
Again, the most remote farms from
which a certain product is marketed in
small quantities may be several days
~ +be ut md ct tho
product marketed without loss, pro-
,vided a part of the load is composed OF
something more valuable. This means
that high class dairy products have
made it possible for a farmer in some
cases in the west to profitably haul
wheat and oats 100 miles, and cotton
in the southwest Ito miles. But on
every load there We're enough dairy
products which sold at a more or less
fancy figure to make the long trip pay.
One report from west of the Rocky
mountains gives 165 miles as the dis
lance wool is taken to the nearest
shipping point, but wool is valuable
enough to make even this long haul
profitable for the farmer.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County, IS.
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is senior partner of the firm of F. J..
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county ard state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case Of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of Halps
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember. A. D., 1886.
(SeaD. A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
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