EXPERIENCE WITH MOTOR TRUCKS. 



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which will be saved by the truck when used for such work is small as 

 compared with the time it will save in road hauling. When there 

 are horses on the farm which would otherwise be idle, it would 

 naturally be more profitable to use the horses arid let the truck stand 

 idle if there is no advantage in time saved or convenience in using it. 

 The reasons for using their trucks as given by 145 of the men who 

 reported that they did some hauling on their farms with their trucks 

 are summarized in Table XII. Most of this hauling was crops. (See 

 fig. 3.) In all, 105 men reported that they hauled some crops in the 

 fields with their trucks, and a much smaller number reported the 



Fig. 3. — Unloading grain from 

 tageously for haulms 



truck. The motor truck can often be used advan- 

 grain from the separator to the granary. 



hauling of any other material in the fields and around the buildings. 

 These men who used their trucks for hauling crops on the farm 

 hauled only 48 tons per year on the average. For all farms an aver- 

 age of 83 tons of crops are hauled to market per year. Thus even the 

 men who do use their trucks for hauling on the farm do only a small 

 portion of all the hauling in the fields and around the buildings with 

 them. 



Table XII. — Reasons for using truck for hauling on the farm. 



Reasons for using truck. 



Number 

 report- 

 ing. 



Per 

 cent of 

 total. 





82 

 40 

 12 

 11 



56 



28 

 8 

 8 







Other 









