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Show PAVED ROADS SOLVE SHIPPING PROBLEMS 1 1 I I jf f ja',,.-- .aA-srs jest - . , 1 iU- V: lts V- zLz , y & - Motor Truck Loaded With Cattle for Market. Transporting live stock to the market mar-ket Is much less of a problem than It used to be, now that the country Is bulldiug extensive systems of paved roads. Adequate paved roads enable the heavy use of motortrucks at all seasons and under all conditions of weather, and by use of these trucks live stock can be hauled to market quickly and economically. All Markets Benefit. Virtually all the Important live stock markets of the country Chicago. Chica-go. Kansas Clt.vlndianapolls, Omaha, Sioux City, St. Joseph, Mo., and South St. Paul now benefit greatly by this method of shipping animals. The Indianapolis In-dianapolis stockyards, In the supplying supply-ing of which this method of shipment Is used to the greatest extent, have received as many as 6,800 head of stock a day by motortruck. Many stock raisers, who do not ship all the way by motortruck, but depend de-pend on trains to carry the stock part of the way, have found that the motortruck mo-tortruck Is the most satisfactory way of getting the stock to the train. The animals reach the market In much better condition than they would if they were driven many miles to a railroad for loading. This method also saves a great deal of time. Valuable for Hogs. In the shipment of hogs the motortruck motor-truck method is especially valuable in hot weather, for many hogs die of heat when shipped long distances by train In the summer. With good concrete roads, equally good at all times, the farmer may make rapid shipments at the time when he can get the price for his stock. |