b DEPARTMENT BULLETIN 1254, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 3. — Number of f rucks of- different sizes, average size of farms on which 
they are owned, and average distance to markets ordinarily used before 
trucks ir ere bought. 
Size of trucks. 
Number 
reporting. 
Average 
size of 
farm. 
Average 
number 
of crop 
acres per 
farm. 
Average 
distance 
to mar- 
kets usu- 
ally used 
before 
purchase 
of trucks. 
55 
39 
159 
33 
39 
Acres. 
161 
134 
173 
175 
204 
Acres. 
88 
82 
111 
129 
159 
Miles. 
7 o 
10 9 
1-ton. ... . ... ... ---. .... . 
10 3 
8 6 
2-ton . 
13 Q 
325 
170 
111 m 1 
FIG. 2. 
-The time required for hauling with horses very frequently prevents the farmer 
from using a more distant hut better market. . 
One hundred and fifty-nine, or 41) per cent, of the total number of 
motor trucks included in this report were of the 1-ton size. Twenty- 
nine per cent were smaller and only ±2 per cent larger than those 
having a capacity of 1 ton. 
Thirty per cent of the dairy farmers reported the use of the J-ton 
trucks and 54 per cent the 1-ton size, while only 2 per cent used the 
2-ton machines. Twenty per cent of the men on general farms own 
^-ton trucks, while on the crop farms only 14 per cent had trucks 
smaller than the 1-ton size. Sixty-four per cent of the truck farms 
and 65 per cent of the fruit farms had trucks ranging from .l-ton to 
1-ton in size. 
