The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-06
auto TRUCK IS
WINNING favor
Machines Are Rapidly Taking
Place Of Animal Power in
Hauling Products.
IMPROVED ROADS Big HELP
Development of Regular Freight Sev.
= Ice Is Considered Notable-One
Farmer Uses Ten Trailers
Drawn by Tractor.

Motors are rapidly taking the place
Of animal power in hauling products
from the farm In many counties in
the United States where the roads per
NIT. A significant phase Of this new
development is the growth of regular
freight service, by which farmers can
hire the taking Of their produce by
motortruck directly from the farm to
q distant market, and thus avoid both
the wagon haul and the shipment by
railroad or boat
OF Lab county reports received by
the bureau Of crop estimates of the
United States department of agricul-
ture in its recent investigation Of the
hauling Of products from farm to ship
ping point by animal power and by
motor, s9S reported the use of motors,
mostly motortrucks. In a large frac-
ton Of these counties, mOtOrtruck
service Is just coming into use In haul
ing products from the farm. There
were many more reports Of use for
light traffic, such as poultry, eggs and
vegetables, than for hauling grain. A
few reports, scattered from Delaware
to the Pacific coast, mentioned the
great Importance Of the light motor
truck service in delivering perishable
fruits to shipping points.
In many states, especially In the
northern and south central sections,
hogs were hauled preferably In motor
trucks on account of the relatively
small amount of shrinkage compared
with hauling in wagons. Some coun-
ties reported hogs hauled exclusively
In motortrucks, although these We
hicles had not yet come into general
use for grain or other products.
improved Roads Help.
One of the chief limitations to the
use of the truck is the condition OF
the roads, and several reporters men
toned beginning of motortruck use
as following closely an improvement
In roads. Another hindrance to using
motors Is connected with the seasonal
distribution Of farm work. Some cor
respondents said that after their har-
vest was over there was no work for
their horses to do but haul, and that
motortrucks would not be an economy.
In other instances, the trucks were
reported to have done needed hauling
at times when laborers and horses
could not well be spared from the
farms. A market gardeners associa-
ton in Rhode Island Is said to be
operating a few trucks with tra1lers
and to carry produce to the city mar
ket at a cost averaging only 10 cents
per ton-mile.
Frequent mention is made, even In
the East, Of trucks which do a regular
freighting business, charging farmers
for the service. One Tennessee farm
er reported having paid a truck to
haul a load Of Is hogs to market
distance of ten miles, and the trip
was made in the evening after supper.
Used a Regular Train.
Tractors with trail wagons are IN
more or less frequent use in various
states. including North Dakota and
California. One Illinois man reports
using ten wagons drawn by one trae-
tor and moving 1000 bushels of wheat
at a time.
The great variety Of local transport
conditions in the United States is IL