| Show MOTOR TRUCKS PART OF FARM EQUIPMENT purchase of vehicle not warranted on 0 ordinary farm one man and team do all hauling Necessary 1 to market produce in 30 days work distributed throughout year prepared by tit the united states department of agriculture A preliminary study toward deter mining whether or not a motor truck as part of it the farm equipment would be profitable in the curn corn belt stated state 1 indicates that under present conditions the purchase of a truck Is not avni ranted on oil the ordinary grain live stock farm only as it pv possible tile lie elimination of sonic some horses borses Is im the practice profitable on oil farms stocked ranging in ili size from acres norca to nearly a section one man and team do all tile hauling necessary to market produce in ili 80 30 days and the work Is so A 1 t IMM truck used by dairy farmer in eab aas tern new york where roads are particularly good throughout the year thill that the use of the truck would not make possible the sale of any horses farm fann ers within teachey Tonch Teach by motor truck of large cities where better prices obtain for live stock and possibly grain might be justified in buying a truck but even in fluch cases it Is probable that hiring the hauling flone done by a custom truck owner would be more anore economical with regard to truck farms the situation Is somewhat where produce la Is taken to market on fill an average of two or three times a week throughout the year the use of a truck mackesit mak esIt possible to get fewer horses this makes the use of a truck m more ore desirable than on general farms |
