200 



TRANSPORTATION 



for the railways, 

 farm produce is 



With a dense population the greater part of the 

 consumed within the range of the short haul. 



FIG. 38. The motor truck at onion and celery farm of Hartville, Ohio, being loaded. Ship- 

 ments are carried to Pittsburgh, Pa. 



FIG. 39. Farmers at Harford County, Md., delivering milk to roadside platforms from 

 which it is taken to the city dairies by the farmers' cooperative trucks. 



It will manifestly be economical for the motor vehicle to haul this 

 local produce for local consumption (Figs. 38 and 39). 



