Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
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
Its Economy-HesVy 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 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 30
cents per ton mile for wheat, 80 cents
for corn and 49 cents for cotton; for
doing the same hauling in motor
trucks the averages are Is cents for
wheat or corn and IS cents for cot
ton. The motor truck will make an
average of "a round trips per day
over an average route from farm to
shipping point of 11.3 miles, while
wagons will make but IL round trips
over an average haul of 8 miles. che
increased number of trips alone will
place the motor truck in the lead aud
prove it's economy. The fact Of the
matter is that, taking wheat as an ex-
ample, the average wagon load was
Sc 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 ~ 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 t.
consider are these: Primarily thu
truck saves time; the farmer can ge
his breakfast at home, go to marke
and be back in time for dinner, which
was an utter imposs;bility when hors
and wagon were used.
Releases Five Acres.
1t takes five acres of land to rails
bedding and feed for every horse OF
the farm. When the motor truck sup
plants four horses it releases 20 acre
Of valuable land, which may at one
be utilized for the growing Of crop
which will pay a substantial profit
When the truck is idle it doesn't cos
a cent. When the horse isn't workin
he must eat just the same.
Against the possible 100 miles da
which the truck can traVel under loa
good average team Of horses ca
travel 20 miles in ten hours-that
going ten miles loaded and ten mile
empty over good roads.
Think of the uses to which true
can be put on the farm! 1t will hal
produce to market and bring retur
load Of suppliessto the farm. 1t wi
haul water to the live stock; 1t wi
haul wood for fuel; bring the impl
ments to and from the fields; haul IN;