UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 910 
Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 
H- C. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
December 10, 1920 
EXPERIENCE OF EASTERN FARMERS 
WITH MOTOR TRUCKS 
AN ANALYSIS OF 753 REPORTS FROM 
FARMER TRUCK-OWNERS 
By 
H. R. TOLLEY, Scientific Assistant, and L. M. CHURCH, 
Assistant in Farm Accounting 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Summary 1 
Method of Study 3 
Location >f Farms and Types of Farming 3 
Distance to Market 4 
Size of Truck 6 
Age of Trucks 7 
Are These Trucks Profitable Invest- 
ments? 7 
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. 10 
The Best Size 
Advantages and Disadvantages . . . 
Road Hauling with Trucks 
Road Hauling for Which Trucks are Not 
Used 
Hauling on the Farm with Trucks . . . 
Custom Hauling 
Effect of Different Kinds of Roads on 
Use of Trucks 17 
Change of Market 19 
Annual Use of Trucks 21 
Life and Depreciation of Trucks ... 23 
Repairs . . . . „ 24 
Gasoline and Oil 26 
Tires 27 
Reliability 29 
Cost of Operation 32 
Cost of Hauling with Trucks .... 33 
Saving of Hired Help 34 
Displacement of Horses 35 
Farms on Which Tractors are Owned . . 36 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1920 
