The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-06
Prices for Products De-
pend on Ability to
Market Quickly.
MUST GET FINE ROADS
Trucks Place Raising Of Live
Stock and Fruit on
Better Basis.
uy GEORGE w. GRAHAM
Member NaIunlI Motor Ju,K
Comm ti,r.

tuiUgd for mary 'ItHsH" or bioIN'tN
~ the farmer depend tp large cT.
tent upon hIs ability to place them
on tho market Iu good condition ui
the right time. Tho ordinary meth
DDS of marketing farm products do
not take prumptuoss into 'uuHid
erailou. Great quautltioH of food nro
wasted because farincrs cannot
proniably got their products 4"
market.
The number ~ motor trucks now
used by farmers is 10000 or 10000
more than tho next nearest class "l
users, manufacturer tn" total
number OF farms I'm tho United
States Is G,36i.b02. of an average
size of ti0 acres. ~ has hccn stated
that any farm of so on moro acres
can prufitably use motor truck
Adding factor of safety Of - per
cent to this cHtimate. II rs con
Guided that farm OF liO acres
economically support n motor truck
II is, therefore, reasonable TO assume
that 10 every i40 acres ~ farm land
viii support motor truck, the pos
riblc number Of motor trucks thai
may be sold IL G.36i,502.
our wealth lies In our soil, but
% long ms urban population IN
creascs at tho expense of our rural
~
tunitles in falling To- provide trans.
portntion beyond the bolt Of COM
rnunltics built up around our rail-
roads we cannot expect to extract
enough OF our raw products To chr"
for tho increasing dcmandH ~ an
ever-cncroachinK consumer popula-
tion. ftcntlmcs. strikoH or con
pcsted railway system viii cause
disastrous lowos 90 the farmer ana
20 the consuming public. THIS iH the
, point whore the fnrmcr'a motor
truck proves real lnyoatmont for
he overcomcs the loss by carving
his cattle or his farm produce
through to destination whore q ready
market awaits them.
Motors Transport Stock.
The use Of tho motor truck Tor
transporting livestock has a big
economic advantage. II prevents
shrinknge In tho weight of the ami
mails to "a large degree, This IL
especially important I'm farm To
railroad siding TO yords' delivery
After car IL ordered Il may not be
spotted for several days. with the
motor truck To depend upon, IA"
producer can keep hs stock on hlH
farm until a few hours hctorc thN
car is set for loading. This avoids
are never helpful To stock. In the
case OF a direct "farms To yards"
haul, the truck enables the pro
ducer 10 get his stock to tho yards
when the market price is highest
Think OF $500 head OF hogs, val
ucd at 100000, being hauled Into
the Indianapolis stockyards In one
day by 300 motor trucks, which
travelled $500 miles This Is not
tho only point receiving livestock
direct from the farm by motor
truck. 81. Joseph, Mo, Is receiving
$500 per day, while Omaha received
over $4,000 In one year, and these
records are increasing at great
rate, year by year
Good Roads Mean Much.
Good roads are great stimulation
20 tho business Of raising livestock.
The increase iu the number Of hogs
which go to market via the motor
truck over the highway IL proof Of
rhis The Use of motor trucks with
the farmer may he suld, therefore,
10 be developing just az rapidly az
tho farmer IL learning TO think in
terms OF road mileage. when he
ceases to think ot transportation
wholly in terms Of horse power and
can comprehend the cost per mile
pound regardless of the power
used then the sale OF motor trucks
will be greatly increased.
Farmers within radius ~
twenty-five or thirty miles OF South
81 Paul are turning more and more
TO the use OF trucks for delivering
their stock to market Roads leading
into South ST. raul In all directions
are now being used by hundreds OF
farmers, large and small. some OF
NO tp
Lake Minnctonka district while
others come from the section near
Northfield. and still others from
Washington, Dakota and Ramsey
counties
The development Of the truck has
brought on new phase OF orchard
ins The rapid transportation of
large loads increased the business
facilities in cities and made prof
itable locations that had Tor cen
turtles been considered impossible,
Tho samo IL true Of the country
Land that was good In all ways, but
too far from tho railroad, has now
taken on an added value, and
creator areas can ho devoted 10 tho
production Of agricultural crops
Particularly Is this so in the GROWING
81 perishahlo crops. such as fruits
The crop that has the largest mon
etary value may bc grown at u profit
at n greater distance from the ship
ping points than those OF low value
provided the porishable crop can h'
got to the railroad at a reasonable
figure. Good roads and tho truck
practically put all farms withlf
reach OF the market.
Trucks Now Necessary.
The fruit grower who has a hau
20 the loading station cannot con
slider the question OF atfording t'
have a truck; the real problem Il
that he cannot afford to he withou
one. Tho truck has become n par
OF the equipment of all large anI
progressive orchards 1t is as nocos
sary as tho horse and wager
used TO be, and, as "A matter of fac
can in most instances take the plac'
of tho horse and wagon, lt does al
the fetching and carrying about IN
place. bringing the fruit from th
fields 10 the packing sheds an
transporting the baskets back agai
TO the fields. II gives rapid mean
of taking labor from one part u
the place to the other or for bring
ing il out from the centers OF popu
lalion to the orchards and taxing