MOTOR TRUCKS ON EASTERN FARMS. 
§-ton trucks, 34 cents with the 3 -ton, 26 cents with the 1-ton, 24 
cents with the H-ton and 1^-ton, and 18 cents with the 2-ton trucks. 
About four-fifths of these men state that their trucks save hired 
help. On the average they estimate that this saving amounts to $324 
per year. 
About half the men have decreased the number of work stock by 
at least one head since purchasing their trucks. Less than one man 
in ten had disposed of more than two head, however. 
Over half of the men whose farms contain more than 120 crop-acres 
own tractors. The number of work stock kept on the farms where 
both trucks and tractors are owned is only slightly less than the num- 
ber kept on the farms of corresponding size where only trucks are 
owned. 
METHOD OF STUDY. 
In December, 1919, the crop reporters of the Bureau of Crop Esti- 
mates were asked to report the names and addresses of farmers who 
owned motor trucks for farm use. Nine thousand six hundred and 
fifty-nine names and addresses of farmers in the 11 States included 
in the study were received, and to each was sent a questionnaire on 
which to report the type and size of his farm, the use he makes of his 
motor truck, the cost of operating it, his idea of its profitableness, 
the advantages and disadvantages of a truck for farm use, and other 
related information. In all, 2,314, about 24 per cent of the farmers 
queried, replied to the questionnaire. 
However, no reports from men owning second-hand trucks nor 
trucks made by the addition of truck units or attachments to pas- 
senger cars, were included in the study. Twenty-seven per cent of 
the reports were on machines of these classes. About 10 per cent of 
the reports were from men who had owned their trucks only six 
months or less, and they were also excluded. Another 30 per cent of 
the reports were excluded for other reasons. Some were from farmers 
who are using their trucks primarily for custom work, or in connec- 
tion with other business, and only incidentally for farm work; some 
were from men who had sold their trucks; and a few of the reports 
were not filled out in sufficient detail to make their use worth while. 
The questionnaire called for information on over 150 items. 
LOCATION OF FARMS AND TYPES OF FARMING. 
The number of reports tabulated from each State follows : 
Maine 11 
New Hampshire 11 
Vermont 16 
Massachusetts 63 
Rhode Island 16 
Connecticut 17 
New York 241 
New Jersey 92 
Pennsylvania 235 
Delaware 11 
Maryland 40 
