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BULLETIN 910, IT. S, DEPAETMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 

 Table XII. — Change of market after purchase of motor trucks. 



Type of farming. 



Truck,... 



Dairy 



Fruit 



Crop 



General. . 



All 



Number 

 report- 

 ing. 



139 

 119 

 102 



300 



Number 



who 

 changed 



market. 



Average 

 distance 

 to new 

 market. 



Miles 

 18 

 16 

 27 

 22 

 19 



A somewhat smaller percentage of dairy farmers than of ■ any 

 other type changed their markets. When milk is hauled to a con- 

 densery or to a station for shipment it is not often that one market 

 or station is enough better than another to warrant a change. 



A large percentage of these men who have changed their markets 

 stated that they did so because the new market was better than the 

 old one. A few, however, stated that they changed for other rea- 

 sons, several saying that the better roads between their farms and 

 the markets they are now using were responsible for the change. 

 It should be remembered that a considerable number of the men 

 who have not changed their markets were using first-class markets 

 before purchasing their trucks. 



The fact that a man has changed his market does not necessarily 

 mean that all his produce is hauled to the new market, or that he 

 purchases all the material for his farm at the new market. In fact, 

 a considerable number of these men who usually market their prod- 

 uce at a different place than before purchasing their trucks re- 

 ported that they still haul some material either to or from the old 

 markets. 



The distances from 156 of these farms to the markets which they 

 used before buying their trucks, and the distances to the markets 

 which they are now using are as follows: 



Of 64 men who formerly used markets 1 to 4 miles distant — 

 2 now use markets 1 to 4 miles distant. 

 17 now use markets 5 to 9 miles distant. 



14 now use markets 10 to 14 miles distant. 



15 now use markets 15 to 19 miles distant. 

 10 now use markets 20 to 24 miles distant. 



3 now use markets 25 to 29 miles distant. 

 3 now use markets 30 or more miles distant. 

 Of 53 men who formerly used markets 5 to 9 miles distant — 

 7 now use markets 5 to 9 miles distant. 

 7 now use markets 10 to 14 miles distant. 

 7 now use markets 15 to 19 miles distant. 

 7 now use markets 20 to 24 miles distant 

 9 now use markets 25 to 29 miles distant. 



16 now use markets 30 or more miles distant. 



