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the hauling trip were two or six miles? How much would it cost to 

 haul the 1,600 bushels to market? Figure cost per bushel; cost per 

 acre; approximate tax on the entire farm. 



402b. Problem. The road traveled by Farmer Jones was graded, 

 ditched and drained, bridges put in at bad places, hills cut down to 

 reduce the grade, and so improved that the same team could haul 

 3,000 pounds and make two trips per day. Make similar calcula- 

 tions as above. Determine the approximate "bad-roads tax" 

 on Farmer Jones. 



Fig. 180. If fifty tons are hauled over such a road daily, what is the cost to 

 the community for a year? A demonstration road being built by Office of 

 Road Inquiry, United States Department of Agriculture. 



403. Cost of Overland Transportation. In some 

 investigations made by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, it was found that the average cost of 

 hauling twenty-three different farm products to market 

 represented a sum equal to 1.4 per cent of the value 

 for cotton, 2.7 per cent for wool, 4.3 per cent for peanuts, 

 5.2 per cent for rice, 5.3 per cent for flax seed, 7.2 per 

 cent for wheat, 7.7 per cent for oats, and 9.6 for corn, 



