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Show FARMERS DECLARE AUTOS NECESSARY Nation--vrtde Questionnaire Eeveals They Are Held to Be Absolutely Essential. With the idea of determining, if possible, pos-sible, just how essential the automobile is considered in the eyes of the farmer, the Velie Motors corporation sent out a questionnaire to thousands of farm car owners scattered broadcast over the country, asking the question abruptly as to whether or not the automobile was necessary to them. The multitude of replies received were interesting. Some went into comparative com-parative mileage for business and pleasure; pleas-ure; others said pointedly that their automobile was absolutely responsible for increased crops and better living conditions on the farm. Every reply spoke of the convenience and service of the automobile. Several said their car was used for business all the week and for pleasure Sundav afternoon. There we have it in a "nutshell. Out of fourteen half-days half-days one is devoted to recreation, nr less than S per cent of the total. This is fur ies time than the physician prescribes pre-scribes for necessary relaxation. The automobile, therefore, is nsed less for pleasure than even the laws of health demand. Surely, tbrre can be no basis for a propaganda which would discourage its usefulness when the actual facts arc known. |