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Show AUTO TRUCK IS WIllillllG FAVOR Machines Are Rapidly Taking Place of Animal Power in Hauling Products. IMPROVED ROADS BIG KELP Development of Regular Freight Service Serv-ice Is Considered Notable One Farmer Uses Ten Trailers Drawn by Tractor. Motors are rapidly taking the place of animal power In hauling products from the farm in many counties In the United States where the roads permit. per-mit. A significant phase of this new development is the growth of regular freight service, by which farmers Can hire the taking of their produce by motortruck directly from the farm to a distant market, and thus nvold both the wagon haul and the shipment by railroad or boat. Of 1,473 county reports received by the bureau of crop estimates of the United States department of agriculture agricul-ture In its recent investigation of the hauling of products from farm to shipping ship-ping point by animal power and by motor, &!)S reported the use of motors, mostly motortrucks'. In a large fraction frac-tion of these counties, motortruck service Is just coming into use in balding bald-ing products from the farm. There were many more reports of use for light trnlllc, such as poultry, eggs and vegetables, than for hauling grain. A few reports, scattered from Delaware to the I'aellie coast, mentioned the great Importance of the light motortruck motor-truck service In delivering perishable fruits to shipping points. In many states, especially in the northern und south central seel Ions, hogs were hauled preferably In molor- lustratcd In some notes l'roin thesy county reporters. One man gives an average of 15 miles as the longest distance dis-tance for any considerable number of farmers, but explains that the haul Is to the Cumberland river, which, in his county, is navigable only five months of the year; for the other seven months the haul Is 40 miles to a railroad. rail-road. In Mathews county, Va., feV trucks are used; but, since the county Is indented by several navigable waterways, wa-terways, motor boats and sail boats are used by the farmers to a considerable consid-erable extent. One reporter in western west-ern Oregon says that neither roads nor automobiles are to be found within 20 miles of his home; produce is carried car-ried on pack mules, over difficult trails, to a landing on Rogue river. The heavy hauling In Mecosta county, Mich., as in some other northern couu ties in the United States, is often postponed post-poned until fnow comes, when sleds are used. TAKE A GRAPE CURE J J4 J4 The effect of nnfermented "J grape Juice as a drink lias been if. studied at the European "grape . cures" and to a slight extent in J if laboratories. It is generally claimed that the consumption of a reasonably large quantity of J it Improves digestion, diminish- J es intestinal fermentation and J results in an Increase In weight. J ?? Wintering Idle Horses. At this time of the year practically all the heavy work on most farms hns been finished, and during the winter horses are more or b'ss Idle. Situ-f Idle horses give no return In labor performed, the feeding should be us economical as possible, and proper care should be taken of the animals in order or-der that they may be In the best pos-sib!" pos-sib!" condition for work in the early ..pring. Horses should not be confined to the barn during the winter on a liberal supply of grain. It Is far better to "rough" them lluuurh the cold months. trucks on account of the relatively small ninount of shrinkage compared with hauling In wagons. Some conn-tli conn-tli reported hogs hauled exclusively In motortrucks, although these vehicles ve-hicles had not yet come Into general uso for grain or other products. Improved Roads Help. One of the chief limitations to the Tlso of the truck Is the condition of the roads, and several reporters mentioned men-tioned a beginning of motortruck use as following closely an Improvement In roads. Another hindrance? to using motors Is connected with the seasonal dlH libiit Ion of farm work. Some correspondents cor-respondents said that after their harvest, har-vest, was over there was no woilt for their horses to do but haul, and that motortrucks would not bo an economy. In oilier rnslanecs, the trucks were reported to have done needed hauling at times when laborers and horses could riot well he spared from the farms. A market gardeners' association associa-tion In Khode Island Is said to be operating a few trucks with trailers and to carry produce to the city market mar-ket lit a cost averaging only 10 cents per ton-mile. Frequent mention Is made, even In the Knst, of trucks which do a regular freighting business-, charging fanners for Ihe serdce. One Tennessee fnrni-er fnrni-er reported having paid a truck to haul a load of 1fi hogs to niinkii 11 dlHlanoi of ten miles, and Ihe trip was made In the evening after supper. Uoed a Regular Train. Traeloni vdlh trail wagons are In more or lo'M frequent use In various Htalen, liicliKIMig North Dakota and California. One Illinois maii report using ten wagons drawn by one tractor trac-tor and moving 1,000 bushels of wheat at. a time. The great variety of local liniispoii "on, llll, ,1,1 lit the Hulled Slates Is II- They should be given the nin of tho yard or lot during the day. This should he provided with a protected shed, ono that Is thoroughly dry and well provided pro-vided with bedding. While nature does her part and protects the horse wilh a heavy coat of hair during the cohl inonlli.':, the shed Is necessary In order to afford the requisite shelter and protection against ralus, snow, and cohl winds. Winter winds come mostly from the north and northwest, and the shed should be so situated and constructed as to give the proper protection from this quarter. In the feeding of Idle horses high-priced high-priced feed should be avoided In order to keep them in proper condition at tho lowest cost. It lias been found that Idle horses do very well on a winter win-ter feed consisting of all the hay, out straw, cornstalks, or sorghums they will consume, so that little grain Is necessary. Idleness also permlls of n more thorough mast Icallon of the feed, thus insuring proper digestion. Farmlnn a Bur.lncss. A farm Is a business, and crop yields are only one part of that business. Kindles In farm manageuienl show that a farm to make money must usually usu-ally have a large business, must have good crops and live slock, and must have these enterprises so selected and organized on llio farm that the labor will he Kept busy throughout, u large pari; of the year. While if Is Important Impor-tant thai, a farmer avoid poor yields, ho should not Judge Ihe success of his farin by its yields alone. Marketing by Parcel Por.t. Tn most eominunll los there Is 11 great, opportunity for marketing eggs and poultry by parcel post. Often Ibis plan gives belter sal Islael Ion than Ihn usual miihoil, |