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Show TO FARMER'S DOOR Farmers in England are profiting by the war the English railroads are waging against encroachments on i both their passenger and freight j traffic by motorbusses and motor- ' trucks, says the DaUy Express of London. The railroads now provide trucks to haul produce to the trains. Thus, in effect, the railroads have come to the farmers' doors. The new move on the part of the railroad is particularly beneficial to small farmers and traders, who are : now able to market their produce without incurring the heavy expense caused when local transport is under- taken by the farmers themselves. To 1 inose larmers dealing in perishable produce, the services are invaluable. They no longer need to undergo the expense of sending a truck to the shipping point with only a hundred pounds or so of the perishable produce. pro-duce. Many large manufacturers have aso taken advantage of the situation, it is reported. Perhaps the railroads of the United States will have to make the same fight some day that the English railroads rail-roads are now making. If that day ever comes, marketing problems will be simplified for many farmers, even ! though it will mean smaller profits for the railroads. |