Show Farmer Fanner Is Booster for Surfaced Hard-Surfaced Highway Once upon a time It was difficult for forthe forthe forthe the farmer to raise vegetables profitably profit ably because of ot the di difficulty culty In getting get getting ting them to market promptly and economically The same held true In Inthe Inthe Inthe the selling of ot butter and eggs from the farm tarm Paved highways however have hove changed all nil this With his automobile or light truck he may carry the produce prod uce ace of the farm Into the city and put them on the market quickly This Is II especially Important In the case of green creen vegetables and fruits which are likely to spoil unless they are mar marketed mar marketed quickly With good roads available e there Is another avenue avenue of transportation open to the farmer It Is la the parcel post rural deliveries In sections where the the country districts are traversed trav tray by paved roads of the better types typE'S city post office departments are ofT offering this service and many farmers farmers farm farm farm- ers era take advantage of ot It to market their pr produce dule profitably Consequently the farmer Is a booster boost er for tor paved highways The figures for one type of at highway pavement pavement- concrete are concrete are significant At the first of this year the country had the equivalent equiv alent of at miles of ot foot 13 concrete con concrete crete highway pavement Of Ot this miles were laid ald In 1923 1023 |