MOTOR TRANSPORTATION FOR RURAL DISTRICTS 3 
differences in the plans adopted by the average inexperienced operator. 
The word “inexperienced” is used advisedly in view of the fact that 
the motor truck is a newcomer'in the field of transportation and there 
has not yet been time for many of the important preliminary problems 
to be worked out and a general understanding of possibilities secured. 
Investigations show that there are five general classes engaged in rural 
hauling on a schedule basis. This classification is about as follows: 
(1) The farmer who hauls for his neighbor or for the community 
as well as for himself. In many cases such persons have purchased 
motor trucks and have afterwards found that their own business was 
not sufficient to justify the maintenance of such equipment. By 
arranging to care for part of the haulage needs of their neighbors, 
Fic. 1.—The cabbages and cucumbers in this truck load will travel 20 miles to Buffalo, 
N. Y., and arrive in good condition. The wire netting all around holds a large 
load in place. 
they have made their investment a profitable one, and unconsciously 
have materially helped the local transportation problem of their com- 
munities. 
(2) The regular local truck operators with limited capital, whose 
income is derived largely from their motor trucking business. Some 
of these persons are small farmers who have embarked in a new busi- 
ness and are willing to devote exclusive attention to the development 
of local motor routes. 
(3) The local automobile or truck agencies that have initiated a 
motor route as a side line. In some cases the establishment of these 
routes has been for advertising purposes, the dealers feeling that a 
practical demonstration of the possibilities of the motor truck would 
result in increased sales. Often these ventures have proven sO suc- 
cessful that they have become a permanent part of the farmers’ busi- 
ness and would be conducted for profit even if the advertising value 
were nil. 
