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BULLETIN 931, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ROAD HAULING FOR WHICH TRUCKS ARE NOT USED. 



The majority of these men still use horses to supplement their 

 trucks in hauling on the road. Of 510 men who reported concern- 

 ing their use of horses for road hauling only 195, or 38 per cent, 

 stated that they do all their hauling with trucks. The reasons given 

 by 305 of the remaining 315 for using horses for hauling on the road 

 are shown in Table XL It is seen that nearly three- fourths of these 

 men give " poor roads " as the reason for using horses ; that is, it 

 was necessary to do some hauling to and from the farm at some time 

 during the year when the roads were in such condition that the truck 

 could not be used. After poor roads the reason given most frequently 

 is that the body with which the truck is equipped is unsuitable for 

 carrying the material which is to be hauled. 



Table XI. — Reasons for using horses for hauling on the road. 



Reasons for using horses. 



Number 

 report- 

 ing. 



Per cent 

 oftotal. 



Reasons for using horses. 



Number 

 report- 

 ing. 



Per cent 

 oftotal. 





• 219 

 42 

 12 



71 

 14 

 4 





8 



3 



21 



3 



Truck body unsuitable 





1 





Other 



7 









It was not possible from the reports to determine the exact pro- 

 portion of the road hauling* which is still done by horses on these 

 farms. However, on a large percentage of them horses are used only 

 for hauling which it is necessary to do when the roads are in such 

 condition that the trucks can not be used, and such hauling would 

 ordinarily amount to only a small percentage of the total. The size 

 of loads and distance hauled with horses are approximately the same 

 as given in Tables V to VIII. 



HAULING ON THE FARM WITH TRUCKS. 



Of 352 men who reported on the use of their trucks for hauling on 

 the farm (i. e., in the fields and around the buildings), 199, or 57 

 per cent, stated that they do not use their trucks at all for such work. 

 The reasons for not using the truck for hauling on the farm was 

 not given in every case, but a large number stated that their trucks 

 were not suitable for such work. The smaller trucks in many cases 

 will not carry as large loads as it is desired to haul ; often the truck 

 can not obtain traction in the fields, and sometimes the body with 

 which it is equipped is not suitable for some of the hauling on the 

 farm. 



Many others stated that they used their horses for all hauling on 

 the farm because there was no advantage in using the truck for such 

 work. Most of the time required for hauling on the farm is taken 

 up with loading and unloading, and the percentage of the total time 



