Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-12-09
USE FOR FARM AUTO
Farmer Finds Car Good Invest
ment as Well as Great
Convenience.
is BIG SAVER OF TIME
Man Can Make Business Trips to
Town and Still Get in Full
Days Work About the
Farm.

live seven miles from the court
house square of our county seat. Be
fore l got my car, which is of a type
take me a full half day to make the
trip into town and back. Sometimes
it took longer; in fact. it usually
pretty well spoiled a day unless l got
up early and hustled in and out again,
says a writer in Farm Progress.
l can make that trip now in about
two hours, transact some business and
get back. The other morning | start
ed in at 80, was the first man at
the express office and the first Gus
toner at some of the stores. | got
back few minutes after eight o'clock
and got in a full days work in the
field.
AS | am selling quite a lot of
dressed poultry, fruit, eggs and but
ter, and am forced to make quick and
regular deliveries, l don't see how /
could manage to get along without this
machine. l know that l am dispOsing
of lot more stuff and getting some
what better prices for it since l got
this rapid way of hauling goods and
making trips. l think | would be
happier, however, if gasoline would go
down little.
/ market all the lighter farm pro-
duce in the car I haul dressed hogs
In the fall, few bushels of potatoes
and whole crates of berries and good
many baskets of fruit. In fact, | can
haul anything I can load in the car
and am arranging to rig up the auto
so I can take off the rear seat and
part of the body and make Il sort Of
light truck of it. 1t will be fixed so
that / can change the car from Il
pleasure vehicle to a sort of a light
farm truck and back again in few
minutes.
Eggs and poultry I haul in consid-
cradle quantities now. I load these
and other small articles right into the
car and when I am bringing out pur-
chases 1 handle them in the same way.
Last night l brought out a barrel of
salt a sack of sugar. about 100
pounds of ice and smaller articles too
numerous to mention. When / get
the new truck body" fixed up I win
have no trouble at all.
One of NY neighbors has a sort of
trail-wagon that he uses to hitch
on behind his machine. 1t works fine,
but think my plan will cost me less
and do fully as well With a trailer
you cant drive very fast and yOd have
to keep an eye on how ii is coming
along. His is a good outfit. though,
and others who own cars In this sec
ton are beginning to get similar ones.
You see we arc not buying cars in
this country purely for the fun of
owning them and the pleasure Of rid
ing around in them. We want vehicles
that will uav their own way and
and have a good deal OF produce 10
sell the car is a big help. As long as
the prices Of gasoline. tires and car
accessories We're down TO their prices
of two years ago, we did not notice
the upkeep much. Then, too. our cars
were newer then. Despite these fac
tors. though. we are making the cars
actually pay profits and we are just
beginning to learn how to use them to
the best advantage.
Where II is not necessary to haul in
produce early in the day the farmer
who owns a car and has business in
town ran wait until a days work is
finished then make a run in ana get
" Rat he wants. On Saturday after
Moons and evenings in our town the
streets are fun of automobiles. some
If them having come in for 20 miles
since shutdown.