Gbe national IRurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXVIII 
HATBORO, PENNA. AUGUST 1920 
No. 8 
Advantages of the Trailor in the Nursery Trade 
Doubles or Triples Load Capacity at Small Additional Expense—Eliminates Loss of Time in Wailing—Is 
Efficient and Economical 
In the nursery business, as in other lines, economy of 
transportation is a highly important factor for success, 
hut frequently the ability to transport nursery products 
quickly and without delay is even more important. For 
these reasons, progressive nurserymen are using trail¬ 
ers in connection with automobiles, tractors or motor 
trucks. 
The Swan River Nursery, of Patchogue, Long Island, 
N. Y., has for several years been using a trailer with en¬ 
tire satisfaction in conjunction with a one-ton truck for 
planting season, covering the period of January, Feb¬ 
ruary and March, this company transported, with the 
help of a trailer, more than 4,000 trees, having an aggre¬ 
gate weight of 40,000 pounds. 
Special Advantages to Nurserymen 
Since weather conditions play an important part in the 
nursery business, as they do in all agricultural and hor¬ 
ticultural pursuits, the matter of a few hours may often 
make a great difference. Every nurseryman has had the 
unpleasant experience of being compelled to stop plant- 
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Showing the Trailer in use 
hauling nursery stock. In many instances, if the trailer 
had not been available, it would have been necessary for 
the truck to make a special trip, thus considerably in¬ 
creasing the transportation cost. That the saving effected 
totaled a large sum may be realized from the fact that the 
trailer has been used principally for long hauls from 40 
to 100 miles. 
A Mississippi nursery company operating a branch at 
Memphis, Tenn., finds trailers highly efficient and econ¬ 
omical for hauling pecan trees. During the delivery and 
ing or other operations before they were completed, either 
because of a sudden spell of cold weather or a long rainy 
period. Sometimes the expditing of the job by the saving 
of a few hours’ time would enable him to finish before 
unfavorable weather sets in. These few precious hours 
may often he gained by the use of a trailer, which not 
only enables a double load to be carried, but permits the 
truck to be in use while the trailer is being loaded or un¬ 
loaded. 
Then again, trees shrubs, or other nursery stock may 
