COST OF TRANSPORTATION OF FERTILIZERS. 



A striking illustration of the difference in the cost 

 of transportation by four different ways is given 

 below : 



To transport a ton by 



Horse power, 5 miles; 



Electric power, 25 miles; 



Steam cars, 250 miles; 



Steamships on the lakes, 1,000 miles; 



costs the same amount in each case and the same amount of 

 money will haul a ton 



5 miles on a common road, 



15 miles on a well-made stone road, 



25 miles on a trolley road, 



250 miles on a steam railway, 



1,000 miles on a steamship. 



It will be seen that the same amount of money it 

 takes to haul a given amount of produce five miles on 

 a public highway of the United States will pay the 

 freight for 250 miles on a railroad and 1,000 miles on 

 a steamship line on the lakes. This is too great a 

 difference, as will be admitted by all, and when we 

 think of the fact that the railroad companies are ever 

 at work repairing and improving their highways 

 while the farmer is apparently so little awake to his 

 own interests in regard to furnishing himself with 

 better roads, we wonder why it is. The lesson seems 

 plain and clear, and, as progressive farmers, let us 

 continue to aid the good road movement throughout 

 the country. 



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