60 BULLETIN 393, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



milk from Fort Covington to North Bangor over the old road, a dis- 

 tance of 15 miles, was about 20 cents per can (120 pomids), or about 

 $0.22 per ton-mile, hauling 25 cans at a load. After the roads were 

 improved he was able to increase the load to 40 cans for a two-horse 

 outfit on the macadam and gravel roads. This is at the rate of $0,125 

 per ton-mile for a 15-mile haul, assuming the cost of team and driver 

 to be $4.50 per day, which is slightly above the average for the 

 county. (See PL XXIII, fig. 2.) 



In May, 1914, this man purchased an automobile truck with which 

 to do his hauling. The truck cost $1,750, and it is now doing the 

 work formerly done by three 2-horse outfits. (See PI. XXIII, fig. 3.) 

 It makes two trips a day from North Bangor to Fort Covington and 

 return, and also one trip a day to Westville, distance 7^ miles; total 

 distance traveled, 75 miles per day; distance loaded, 37.5 miles. 

 The load consists of 50 cans of milk (120 pounds each), a total net 

 load of 3 tons, or 112.5 ton-miles per day. The weight of the truck 

 empty is 4,S'00 pounds. The estimated cost of operating this truck 

 for 200 working days when roads are not covered with snow is given 

 in Table 19. 



Table 19. 

 First cost, 3 ton truck $1, 750. 00 



Fixed charges : 



Interest .' $87. 50 



Insurance 85.00 



Driver 500.00 



Garage 50. 00 



722.50 



Operating charges : 



Depreciation .~ 262. 50 



GasoKne 250. 00 



Tires 400.00 



Maintenance 175. 00 



Oil and grease 50. 00 



1,137.50 



Total 1, 8G0. 00 



The present cost per day, then, is $9.30, which for 112.5 ton-miles 

 per day, or 22,500 ton miles in 200 days, makes the cost per ton-mile 

 $0.0825. This man's hauling costs would therefore appear to have 

 been reduced by improved roads and the automobile truck as shown 



in Table 20. 



Table 20. 



Horses and wagon on old roads $0. 22 



Horses and wagon on new roads 125 



Automobile truck on new roads 0825 



