The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-11-20
MOTOR TRUCK ON
FARM IS USEFUL
OF Utmost Importance to Get
Various Foodstuffs to Mar
ket in Quick Time.
Big VEHICLE IS EFFICIENT
Increased Number Of Trips Alone
Places Car In Lead and Proves
lts conomy-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 Inn
portance that be could not afford to
'stub his toe" by growing foodstuffs
which he would not be able to get to
market on time.
Frank Andrews of the department
of agriculture, bureau Of crop esti-
mate, has made a very careful inves-
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 15 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 8 miles. The
increased number Of trips alone will
place the motor truck in the lead and
prove its economy. The fact Of the
matter is that, taking wheat as an ex-
ample, the average wagon load was
90 bushels, while that of the load of
the average motor truck was "a
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 III 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 ~ 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 a farm Of any size to
consider are these: Primarily the
truck saves time; the farmer can gel
his breakfast at home, go to market
and be back in time for dinner, which
was an utter imposslbility when horse
and wagon were used.
Releases Five Acres.
II takes FIVE acres of land to raise
bedding and feed for every horse oil
plants four horses 1t releases 20 acre.
of valuable land. which may at once
be utilized for the growing of crop:
which will pay a substantial profit
When the truck is idle it doesn't cos
cent. When the horse isn't working
he must eat just the same.
Against the possible 100 miles da.
which the truck can travel under Loaf
good average team of horses cal
travel 20 miles In ten hours-that Il
going ten miles loaded and ten mile
empty over good roads.
Think of the uses to which trucl
can be put on the farm 1t will hau
produce to market and bring returl
load of supplies TO the farm. 1t will
haul water to the live stock; 1t will
haul wood for fuel; bring the imple
ments to and from the fields; haul ma