14 BULLETIN 931, IT. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
ROAD HAULING FOR WHICH TRUCKS ARE NOT USED. 
The majority of these men still use horses to supplement their 
trucks in hauling on the road. Of 510 men who reported concern- 
ing their use of horses for road hauling only 195, or 38 per cent, 
stated that thev do all their hauling with trucks. The reasons given 
by 305 of the remaining 315 for using horses for hauling on the road 
are shown in Table XL It is seen that nearly three- fourths of these 
men give " poor roads " as the reason for using horses ; that is, it 
was necessary to do some hauling to and from the farm at some time 
during the year when the roads were in such condition that the truck 
could not be used. After poor roads the reason given most frequently 
is that the body with which the truck is equipped is unsuitable for 
carrying the material which is to be hauled. 
Table XI. — Reasons for using horses for hauling on the road. 
Reasons for using horses. 
Number 
report- 
ing. 
Per cent 
of total. 
Reasons for using horses. 
Number 
report- 
ing. 
Percent 
oftotal. 
Poor roads 
219 
42 
12 
71 
14 
4 
Truck too light 
8 
3 
21 
3 
1 
Other... 
7 
It was not possible from the reports to determine the exact pro- 
portion of the road hauling which is still done by horses on these 
farms. However, on a large percentage of them horses are used only 
for hauling which it is necessary to do when the roads are in such 
condition that the trucks can not be used, and such hauling would 
ordinarily amount to only a small percentage of the total. The size 
of loads and distance hauled with horses are approximately the same 
as given in Tables V to VIII. 
HAULING ON THE FARM WITH TRUCKS. 
Of 352 men who reported on the use of their trucks for hauling on 
the farm (i. e., in the fields and around the buildings), 199, or -57 
per cent, stated that they do not use their trucks at all for such work. 
The reasons for not using the truck for hauling on the farm was 
not given in every case, but a large number stated that their trucks 
were not suitable for such work. The smaller' trucks in many cases 
will hot carry as large loads as it is desired to haul ; often the truck 
can not obtain traction in the fields, and sometimes the body with 
which it is equipped is not suitable for some of the hauling on the 
farm. 
Many others stated that they used their horses for all hauling on 
the farm because there was no" advantage in using the truck for such 
work. Most of the time required for hauling on the farm is taken 
up with loading and unloading, and the percentage of the total time 
