68 BULLETIN 393^ U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUKE. 



The Orrville truck cost $1,800 and the Marion Junction truck 

 $2,500. Assuming that they are loaded each way, the former will 

 haul 1,600 ton-miles per month, at a cost of 9.9 cents per ton-mile, 

 and the latter 1,764 ton-miles a month, at a cost of 11.9 cents per 

 ton-mile. 



The cotton crop which is produced on 160,000 acres constitutes 

 the bulk of hauling. Each bale represents 500 pounds of lint and 

 1,000 pounds of seed. The average annual crop for the county does 

 not amount to more than 37,500 tons, including seed. Practically 

 all of this is hauled for some distance over the improved roads. 

 General farm crops produced on about 40,000 acres amounted to 

 about 30,000 tons in 1910, and this has materially increased since 

 that time. Approximately 18,000 tons (or 900 pounds to the acre) 

 are hauled over the roads. It is estimated that about 20,000 tons 

 of fertilizer and about 10,000 tons of miscellaneous products and 

 supplies are hauled over country roads from Selma and other dis- 

 tributing" points to plantations in Dallas and adjacent counties. 

 This makes a grand total tonnage hauled over country roads, as shown 



m Table 24: 



Table 24. 



Tons. 



Cotton and cotton seed. , 37, 500 



General farm products 18, 000 



Fertilizer 20, 000 



Miscellaneous 10, 000 



Total 85, 500 



The whole county constitutes the traffic area for the improved 

 roads, but there are only 200,000 acres in crops. The total tonnage 

 therefore represents about. 0.11 ton per traffic acre or 0.43 ton for 

 each acre in crops. The maximum haul for the county is about 28 

 miles, and the average haul from 8 to 10 mileSo The average haul 

 on the bond-built roads is about 8.4 miles. The total hauling over 

 the bond-built roads is probably about 610,000 ton-miles, or about 

 84 per cent of the total. On the old roads the cost of hauling aver- 

 aged about 30 cents per ton-mile, and on the new roads about 15 

 cents. The total annual saving, therefore, might be estimated at 

 about $90,000. 



LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISS. 



Road improvement was agitated in Lauderdale County in 1910, 

 and after a brief educational campaign, bonds were issued by the 

 county board of supervisors upon petitions submitted by taxpayers. 

 The first bonds were issued September 1, 1910, and at various times 

 thereafter to March 1, 1915, until they aggi'egated $500,000. They 

 were not issued as county liabiUties, but were chargeable to the 

 respective beats, which correspond to townships in other States., 

 The work of construction was begun during the sprmg of 191 1 and the 



