Apr. 1, 1912 



been entirely satisfactory for automobile 

 use in the past; but we understand that the 

 present truck, built by the Chase Motor 

 Truck Co., is giving complete satisfaction. 

 It is still equipped with a three-cylinder 

 air-cooled two-cycle motor, the smaller-sized 

 trucks being fitted with a i^lanetiuy trans- 

 mission, and the larger sizes with sliding 

 gear. This is a machine that has passed 

 the experimental stage. — Kd.] 



TWENTY MILES TO A GALLON IN A FORD 



BY J- H. THOMSON 



Though I am a beginner I have sixty col- 

 onies, and I like beekeeping. It is a profit- 

 able business as well as good for pleasure. 

 From one colony last season I sold $25.00 

 worth of comb honey. 



I have a five-passenger Ford touring car. 

 I bought a Ford because I believe it to be 

 the best car on the market for the money, 

 and because the expense of upkeep is not so 

 great as on other cars. I average about 20 

 miles per gallon of gasoline. 



I bought the machine for a pleasure car, 

 but find it useful for business too. In the 

 five months I have owned it I have driven 

 it 2550 miles, and three of the tires have not 

 yet been punctured. The longer I have it 

 the better I like it. It has proven so satis- 

 factory in every respect that I don't see 

 how I could get along without it. . 



Fowler, Col. 



CARRYING HONEY, BUTTER, AND EGGS TO 

 MARKET IN A FORD 



BY ALBERT SNELL 



In April, 1911, I purchased a four-oylin- 

 der 20 h. p. Ford touring car. I bought it 

 for pleasure and for taking honey, butter, 

 eggs, and other farm produce to market. It 

 has proven very satisfactory. It will take 

 the steepest grades "on the high" with 

 five persons in, when other cars have failed. 

 I ran it 2000 miles last season; and although 

 our roads are stony and rough I have paid 

 out nothing for repairs. The tires are good 

 for another season. One gallon of gasoline 

 will run it 20 miles, so it is cheaper than a 

 horse. 



I am a veteran of the civil war, G7 years 

 of age, and never ran a car before this one. 



Clayton, N. Y. 



THE AUTOMOBILE FOR OUT-APIARY USE 



BY J. A. GREEN 



That the automobile may be made one of 

 the greatest of time and money savers is be- 

 coming daily more apparent. To no one 

 does this apply with more force than to the 

 beekeeper who keeps bees away from home. 

 The ways in which it may be helpful to 

 him have been mentioned so often that it 

 is hardly necessary to go over them again; 

 but, briefly, the most important are these: 



.1. H. Thomson and family in their Ford, wliich they drove 2->")() miles, and had only one puncture. 



