14 BULLETIN 910, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



given by the remaining 323 of these 516 men for using their horses 

 on the road. 



Nearly one-half gave "poor roads" as the reason for using horses; 

 that is, they found it necessary to use their horses for hauling which 

 had to be done at times when the condition of the roads was such 

 that their trucks could not be used. A majority of the remainder 

 stated that they used their horses either because the truck was 

 too light for the load which it was desired to haul, or because the 

 body was unsuitable for carrying the material. However, no farmer 

 with a truck larger than the 1-ton size stated that he used horses 

 because the truck was too light. About 7 per cent of the total 

 number said that they used their horses to help out when the truck 





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was busy, and about an equal number said that since they must 

 keep their horses anyway they used them for some road hauling 

 when they were not busy at other work. 



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

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

 farms. However, on a large majority of them horses were used 

 only for road hauling which it was necessary to do at times when the 

 trucks could not be used or for which the trucks were not suitable, 

 and such hauling would amount to only a small percentage of the 

 total. The size of loads and distance hauled with horses are approxi- 

 mately the same as given in Tables IV to VII. 



