The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-15
FARMERS USING
MOTOR TRUCKS
ENORMOUS CROPS BRING OUT
ADVANTAGES OF UTTLITY
VEHICLES.

Prosperity due to the magnificent
crops has been a prominent head
line in all the papers. Farmers have
progressed until now the time-honorsd
joke as to their backwardness must
be RELOCATED to the waste baskets-
Dollars measured by the bushels OF
wheat and corn and other products sof
the SOL, has placed the country In a
magnificent state of financial pros
perity. In the entire history OF the
country never has such q condition
existed, and why? Because this
farmer has progressed. because his
business Is like every other scien-
tiflcally managed business, he wants
every device that will save labor,
time and money.
On his enormous fields the traction
engine pulls dozen plows. followed
| by fleet OF harrows; on his field
the garns engine thrashes his wheat.
and then, with his motor trucks he Is
Independent of railroad schedules and
distributes his crops to better dis
tributing centers.
With the smaller farmers growing
truck Ind catering to the nearby
cities, requiring immediate delivery.
time In the main factor In order to
bring his vegetables and fruit to the
markets In the best possible condi-
ton. He does not dare to face con-
ditions which brook delays or he will
face a dead loss In this case the
motor truck proves its efficiency and
precludcs any such uncertainties and
makes such deliveries positive.
He does not have to take a gamble
as In the past-he knows how his
crops are ripening. he is in touch with
the market with his telephone. and
he takes advantage OF 1t with his
motor trucks, and not only he but the
public as well are the gamers.
In many instances where the haul
| was too great for horse-drawn
vehicles and the farmer was depen-
dent upon the slow freights OF q
! branch road making his position q
hardship. he has adopted the motor
truck and thereby placed himself upon
y positive and independent footing,
insurtng success from the, outset.
The amount Of the Toad that the
truck Is capable OF handling ire
suective OF the heat OF summer or
the snow-eovered roads of winter, the
, positive time schedule eliminates the
| horse drawn vehicle as certain fac
tor.
To the dairynan the truck has in
deed been a boon, immediate de-
! livery, thereby preventing the chance
Of the mild warming TAP through
| two or three landings as necessary
1 w hen stripped by rail- has caused TIE
! inst allation OF motor trucks by many
within a reasonable hauling distances
| Of cities heretofore too far TO con-
| slider with horse drawn teams.
The vital question Of reloads thus
/ done -aMay- mith--ihe- fnntnE truck
| places the farmer on an independent
! footing. entirely relying upon his own
| distributing forces, allowing him to
| figure time and cost without recourse
| to the uncertainties Of freight de-
| iivertes.
IT was so simple a problem for the
I farmer to work out that he adopted
/ the motor truck nearly as fast as II
| vas brought TO his attention; he saw
| at onee the saving that 1t effected
| for him. and also the fact that he
| was enabled to give his customers tbs
| prod cts in q better condition thar
ever before. thereby not only holding
| his old trade. but expanded by max
| ing new customers was at once
| a boon to the user as well as the pro-
| ducer and the consumer.
| This condition has made the farmer
| factor who Will always be considered
| In the motor truck business