The Dolores star., 1919-11-07
MOTOR TRUCK ON
FARM IS USEFUL
OF Utmost Importance to Get
Various Foodstuffs to Mar
ket in Quick Time.
Sig VEHICLE IS Efficient
Increased Number Of Trips Alone
Places Car in Lead and Proves
Its Eeonomy-Heavy Truck
Has Many Advantages.

Time is the farmers capital. The
difficulty of employing adequate help
has discouraged more than one prac-
teal farmer from raising the crops
which would pay him the greatest
profits.
Always he has realized that to mar
ket the crops was of such prime i'm
portance that he could not afford to
-.stub his toe" by growing foodstuffs
which ne would not be able to get to
market on time.
Frank Andrews of the department
OF agriculture, bureau of crop esti-
mate. has made u very careful inyes-
tigation of the uses of the motor truck
on the farm and the results he has
arrived at are amazing. Mr.. Andrews
says in part. "the estimated cost of
hauling in wagons from farms to ship
ping points averaged in 1918 about 80
cents per ton mile for wheat 33 cents
for corn and 4S cents for cotton; for
doing the same hauling in motor
trucks the averages are 10 cents for
wheat or corn and IS cents for cot
ton. The motor truck will make an
average of 3.4 round trips per day
over an average route from farm to
shipping point of lib miles. while
wagons will make but IL round trips
over an average haul of 9 miles. The
increased number of trips alone will
place the motor truck in the lead and
prove its economy The fact of the
l.
ample, the average wagon load was
90 bushels. while that of the load of
the average motor truck was S4
bushels"
Found Most Efficient.
Not only are the heavy duty trucks
used exclusively on farms. but in
many sections where market garden
ing is done the trucks of ~ to two
ton capacity are found most efficient
by the truck gardeners. Where the
farm is big, and the crops are staples
the heavy-duty truck is most effective
but for the smaller farms the 1is to
two ton truck is found most desirable
and every investigation made in re-
cent years has proven that this size
of truck is the one best suited to use
on the farm.
The most important points for the
man operating farm of any size to
consider are these: Primarily the
truck saves time; the farmer can get
his breakfast at home, go to market
and be back in time for dinner, which
was an utter impossibility when horse
and wagon were used.
Releases Five Acres.
1t takes five acres of land to raise
bedding and feed for every horse on
The farm. When the motor truck sup
plants four horses it releases 20 acres
of valuable land, which may at once
be utilized for the growing of crops
which will pay a substantial profit.
When the truck is idle it doesn't cost
cent. When the horse isn't working
he must eat just the same.
Against the possible 100 miles a day
which the truck can travel under load
good average team of horses can
travel 20 miles in ten hours-that Is
going ten miles loaded and ten miles
empty over good roads.
Think of the uses to which a truck
can be put on the farm 1t will haul
produce to market and bring a return
load of supplies to the farm. 1t will
haul water to the live stock; it will
haul wood for fuel; bring the imple-
ments to and from the fields; haul ma