Arizona republican., 1919-05-04
MOTOR TRUCKS ARE
 FIXTURES IN FARM

Tn addition to the increasing need for trucks in manufacturing and dis tributing lines. there is wonderful outlet for trucks on the farms in every section of the country" says c. E. Sromberg, of the Southern Border Mo tor company. 'Investigations have proved that nearly a third of the total population of the United States lives on farms; over 30 million in all
 "Haphazard farming methods are
 giving way very rapidly to the orderly systematic procedure in other modern businesses. A new note of progress siveness has come in. The farm is be- coming more and more like any other efficiently conducted business.
 This has meant the introduction of power on the farm first in one form and then in others. The stationary gas engine has come into very general use, the tractor has begun to suppIant horses and mules and finally the truck has been employed in constantly in creasing numbers. Already the total number of trucks in use on farms eX- ceed the number used i'll almost any other one industry and the possibilities for expansion in this field are simply tremendous. Records on file in our offices show that surprisingly large
 percentage of Republic trucks manu- factured this year will go to farmers Knowing this we are bending every effort to meet the farmers require ments in the truck line. Of course, so far as the general features of a truck are concerned, no basic difference is found between the rquirements. of farm haudage and that of other Industries where strenuous work is performed | by the motor burden bearers. But there is this difference. The farmer S hauling is more diversified than in al | most any other industry.
 Tn the morning he may be hauling grain to market and in .he afternoon of the same day he will want to haul big load of fence posts or loose man
 ure or any one of a dozen different kinds of material To handle this di- versified work to best advantage he
 needs a. convertible body. One that can be quickly and easily changed to con- form to the requirements or the partic-
 ular work to be done
 ITO meet the needs of these quickly changing requirements the body de- partment of the Republic company has recently perfected 9. convertible farm
 body that can be quickly changed to haul any kind of a load desired. It is of very strong construction and ar ranged so that the change can be made from one type of body to another by one man in less time than it takes to change a tire.
 One minute this truck is equipped with a tight grain box and the next
 it is a fully sized stock rack for haul
 ing cattle. Or it can be changed with equal speed to any one of eight differ ent bodies needed on the farm
 This new body is meeting a cordial | reception from farmers who have long
 wanted just such a utility motor truck.
 Making the motor truck fit the re quirements of the average farmer is in i creasing the efficiency of the American farm. The truck is now an essential
 part of tn farm equipment. It is a
 paying investment. Bankers have 1 helped farmers raise the necessary
 cash to buy motor truck equipment. 1 They know that good motor trucks are a sound investment for the tiller of the soil