The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-28

Prepared by the United States Depart
mont Of Agriculture.)
"Td almost be money ahead If l
dumped this milk into the brook this
morning instead OF carrying it to the
creamery. With the best horse in the
barn It's q two-hour job to carry 800
pounds Of milk three miles, and it has
to be done every day. Those straw
berries simply must be picked this
forenoon, too. Rain last night and
sunshine today; all the berries not in
the cooling room by noon will be
spoiled"
This farmer had encountered one of
the periods in his farm work when the
proprietor's presence is desperately
needed In two places at the same time.
Turning to save a profit on his dairy,
he was likely to lose n on his straw
berry crop; The saved the berries he
lost the milk, for milk and strawber-
ries wait for no q
Starts on the Trip.
well, I've got the milk ready to go,
but I haven't picked the berries. Here
goes for the milk" rya
Two minutes later he guided old
Jim and the blackboard around the
maple on the orner and urged the
horse into his best gait when they
reached the main road. Every minute
was valuable this morning. A half
mile from home a forewheel began to
give of slight, complaining sounds.
"A dry axle" groaned the farmer.
I'LL have to stop at Yelp's and grease
the wheels"
When he reached Yelp's farm two
more Of the ~buckboard's wheels were
squealing wildly. AZ. -.
"Can I borrow your wagon wrench,
Jack, and some axle grease?' he called
catching sight OF his neighbor, oddly
mufied In gauze and gloves under q
tree In the orchard. ,..
"Sure! Help yourself" came the
hearty reply. "Id find the things for
you myself, but I'm so busy I can't
spare a minute. I'm trying to hive
some OF my bees that swarmed this
morning, and I've got a dozen crates OF
lettuce all packed that must 60 on the
noon train"
There's another man in the same
Az" thought Stevens as he worked,
.He's got to stop profitable work to
haul stuff into town. Probably Ham'l.
ton and Grosner and Phillips and Jones
are no better off, either. l can't at
ford a truck to haul Just my W prod,
uce but if those fellows would make
it worth my while to buy Q truck and
carry their stuff to market, too, there
ought to be a way out Of this for all OF
s
He thought the matter out to a con-
cIusion, and that evening drove around
to his neighbors with his proposition
He called only at the farms that lay
between his own place and the village,
and to their owners he made a propo.
sition that ran something like this.
How much would 1t be worth to you
to have your milk and farm produce
carried into town for you every day
There are days when you have to make
q trip that takes an hour or more OF
your time at the busiest season OF the
year Just to haul your milk to the
creamery, and there + other times
when you'll have a load Of things thai
q want to sendr Suppose ] buy 9
ltRht truck-would you be willing to
pay me enough for hauling your prod,
duce to.make 1t worth my while"
yves we'd be willing to do that,
providing your charges aren't too steep
How would you regulate the pricesY'
ssT,ye been consulting a bulletin on
this subject issued BY the United
states Department Of Agriculture
Maryland farmers have already put
n idea like this into execution, &C
cording to the departments represen.
tatiyes. They own and operate 9
truck on cooperative basis. and the
rte IL is cents per hundredweight f0r
ldrst-class goods. + believe I can haul
your produce with q light truck foI
20 cents d hundred pounds during the
summer months. The: cooperative
idea ii Maryland 4 not managed e
secure 4 profit, but shall have e
make = proht to pay Tor the time
m taking from my - work
AHow Will We manage when we wan
sthinss brought out from town
Telephone your orders and have
~ merchanfs delivcr the goods 4
thes crea,,iesy p scr-s nick then