Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-12
LEARNERS USING TRUCKS
FOR DELIVERY OF GRAIN
Entire Middle West Shows That Use
lata of Commercial Cars Arc
Increasing.
;aUEsTIoNNAlREs ARE MAILED
Goodrich Rubber Company Proves
Value OF Worker Type OF Vehicle
Over Horse In Relief of Rail-
roads,

Seeking other fields to conquer
latter disp:acinE Old Dobbin on the
s. citS's .pavemenis. motor trucks are
now chugging toward dominance or
the rural highways. Their latest
n achievement is IN giving America $
T. farmers n much needed lift i'll trans
4, 1870 .t '"' bumper A'" e'' VI
5 Almost overnight. 1t seems. the
5struck has become a tremendous fac
~ Tor in the movement of the nation
STOOD supply "A few years ago only
ga few farmers recognized its Sull pos
sibilities, but today IL can be seen
ssefrom one end OF the grain belt 10
& the other carrying full loads of gol-
den grain onward toward the dcstina-
s tion. =,
& Goodrich Issues Questionnatrcs.
~ This fast-Erowing Importance OF
the motor. truck to the. grain grower
Us shown by a survey just completed
BY the trayel and transp9rt bureau
Pany. Questionnaircs were sent out
to nearly 1000 country elevators by
( the bureau, and the answers prove
the trucks true position in the grain
fields
Those QUESTIONABLE answers which
gave percentage comparisons of grain
pared with motor-truck grain haul
age showed that &c per cent OF the
grain is being received at the eleya-
tors by truck. In other words. the
3 truck is carrying one-fourth of the
entire grain crop o: many sections OF
the midwest, truly remarkable
fact when 1t Is considered that just
few years ago the horse and wagon
had the field to themselves
Covers Entire Middle West.
The territory covered by the ques-
ansss Missouri. Kansas, Montana,
Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska. Illinois, Wis
consin. Minnesota and the Dako;as.
Answers were received from rep
r. reSentatiNp
each State.
AseSrdiasg to m survey, farmers
Dakota are employing motor-truck
TRANSPORTATION on. greater scale
than IN other sections OF the grain
belt: In these States, practically al
automatic scales and dumps so that
,.tIe maximum service can be OBJ
: Iatned from the trucks.
Enthusiastic Truck Advocates.
x tenor of the replies received in
d.cated that the farmers. and cle-
eater men as we'll; are becoming en-
rIEFea future for them throughout
Al The p-s;en; time" said Ely SAL
OF The whea: IN North and South Da-
kota is hauled by ;rucss. There is
one truck fo- every th.r;y farmers.
per cent this year alone. and n three
years farmers Will be marketing all
skei. Gan 2?d live STOCK ':a The
Half Of Crop Trek Delivered.
Liacoi-- Me- which operates abou;
Kaasz .a.: :aa, e per P ega: Il 9 :he
whtx: IS bang delivered by tick u
is territory.
The .-rti: certainly is subs;aa-
ts.lsvLTu-s :.e company sad as
th.F rAt NEc. AID ot:!vt- = mach
.5t&i, wiz -. ca- ss:ra;I9z a. Ign:
as ! 1s now, AZ hare 70 hold ne
r-ucEs bar"
81 wtsts- Eet-asEa~ save thu
{ Omaha vst-- E-a!. e hauled long
f1F-xareE, oez:.y 81 ot !; Is hauled
1sErz:g Some elevators claim ihey
ggEss receive single load during
ssNEttfth taE: iae tuck dump is fur
= is OILY question Of 2
s6aE1tne ua:!! practically all farm
NHsaN be, us!.s trucks to deliver
fdefr<xrain-"
The same enthusiastic idea abou:
fucks Is held by the elevator men
fhseu Escttons Of the grain belt, even
yhSre failure o: crops in pas; years
haSprevented farmers from invest
big Gheavify In trucks a. yet.
49,. Does ThreefoId Service.
1.-THE service which trucks have rem
3srod wherever used has been three
HuIdISIt has saved valuable time for
TIssErain growers az season when
EtEtyhour is precious. Il has ena bled
him TO get rid OF his crop and pre-
sent loss formerly incurred from
I !%BinEsit In fields ana inadequate
Warehouses. Moreovef: il hal proved
S6f great assistance'.-;o the railroads
.-hermitting expeditions loading OF
ears and relieving the roads OF carry
Eng wheat on short hauls.
lit Is evident from the reports that
Ihe.truck came to the grain growers
3nst In nick OF time. enabling them
10 handle the bumper crop in q way
(which could never have been cQualcd
yrtth; horse and wagon. The truck
stspped into the breach and has
D proved such an efficient helper that
.4tFhas won lifelong job.
RAE RATE BOOST WILL