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weight of loads ranged from 2,267 to 2,843 pounds. The average 

 distance from market of some 3,000 farmers furnishing these data is 

 4.4 miles. Inspection of Table XLV shows differences in cost of 

 marketing the different commodities ranging as high as 50 per cent. 



Table XLV. — A normal day's work in hauling to market with wagon for one man and 

 two horses (loading, hauling, and unloading), giving the number of loads per day. by 

 distance hauled, for each commodity. 



Distance hauled, etc. 



Baled 

 cot- 

 ton. 



Corn 

 from 

 crib. 



Bar- 

 rels. 



Bags. 



Baled 

 hay. 



Small 

 grain 

 from 

 bin. 



Cab- 

 bage. 



Loose 

 cot- 

 ton. 



Pota- 

 toes 

 from 

 cellar. 



Loose 

 hay. 



All N'urn- 

 com- ber 

 modi- a ver- 

 ities, i aged. 





6.57 

 3.86 



2.62 

 2.29 

 2.55 

 2.33 

 1.66 

 1.00 

 1.33 

 114 



2.S6 



4.9 



5.00 

 3.75 

 2.95 

 2.47 

 2.15 

 1.99 

 1.79 

 1.31 

 1.18 

 1.17 

 767 



2.69 



4.2 



4.57 

 3.89 

 3.20 

 2.80 

 2.11 

 2.06 

 1.57 

 1.12 

 1.33 

 1.09 

 204 



2.66 



4.5 



5.29 

 3.91 

 3.23 

 2.64 

 2.11 

 2.04 

 1.87 

 1.27 

 1.25 

 1.19 

 294 



2.67 



4.4 



5.25 

 3.92 

 3.05 

 2.51 

 2.19 

 2.03 

 1.87 

 1.44 

 1.50 

 1.10 

 688 



2.75 



4.2 



4.51 

 3.37 

 2.93 

 2.52 

 2.14 

 1.99 

 1.71 

 1.40 

 1.42 

 1.16 

 735 



2.56 



4.34 



3.87 

 3.27 

 2.58 

 2.34 

 1.89 

 1.80 

 1.70 

 1.15 

 1.25 

 1.00 

 271 



2.28 



4.4 



2.50 

 2.53 

 2.50 

 2.09 

 1.81 

 2.00 

 2.50 

 1.14 

 1.00 

 1.21 

 114 



2.00 



4.8 



3.17 

 3.02 

 2.29 

 2.06 

 1.78 

 1.66 

 1.46 

 1.22 

 1.10 

 1.10 

 532 



2.09 



4.4 



3.64 

 2.69 

 2.19 

 1.99 

 1.72 

 1.82 

 1.48 

 1.22 

 1.30 

 1.09 

 683 



2.07 



4.3 



4.39 

 3.43 

 2.79 

 2.37 

 2.02 

 1.94 

 1.72 

 1.30 

 1.26 

 1.14 

 4,402 



2.51 



4.37 



204 





734 





859 

 724 





802 





467 





130 





177 





74 





231 



Number averaged 



Average number of 



loads, 1 to 10 miles.. 



Average number of 









While there are wide differences in the cost per load for loading, haul- 

 ing to market, and unloading the various farm products, inspection of 

 the averages for all commodities suggests certain relationships between 

 the length of haul and the number of loads that can be transported 

 daily. These relationships are indicated in Table XL VI. Under 

 line a the length of haul is given, and below these distances in line b 

 is recorded the number reporting for each distance, while in line c the 

 average loads reported for each distance is given. In lines d and e 

 are given loads per day computed for each distance as follows: The 

 distances computed in line d are based on the number of loads 

 reported for 3 miles (2.79), since a greater number (859) haul that 

 distance than any other. The distances in line e are based on the 

 reported number of loads for 5 miles (2.02), since the second largest 

 number (802) report for that distance. In both d and e the com- 

 puted loads for the other distances from 1 to 10 miles are found by 

 solving inverse proportions between the basic number of loads and 

 the square root of the respective distances to market. Inspection 

 of the results so obtained as compared with the original averages for 

 all commodities in line c indicates that, within a radius of 8 miles 

 from market where transportation is effected with horses and wagons, 

 the marketing advantage that one farm has over another may be 

 considered to be inversely proportional to the square root of the 

 length of haul. 



