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Show MORElSlLES "The light truck, manufacturer and the truck unit manufacturer these 1 days find themselves in an unusually fortunate position in relation to the agricultural buyer," says Sales Manager Mana-ger H. A. Conlon, of the Detroit Truck company. "Reports from every side indicate that harvests will be so great, and the railroad facilities in many quarters for short hauls so congested, that the question of whether tho farmer farm-er should buy a truck for economy's sake is giving way to the conviction of the farmer that he must get a truck to save his crops from rotting on the ground. "Reports from all quarters indicate i that tho crops of the United States this ! year will be by far the greatest In tho , "history of the country, not only due i to favorable weather conditions but also to tho fact that this year there is a greater number of acres under culti-I culti-I va(,ion than ever before in the history of the United States. "Hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of vegetables, fruit and other I products rot on the ground every year, i mainly because of Inadequate transportation trans-portation facilities in the hands of the farmers. The government's agricultural agricul-tural bureau has never compiled statistics sta-tistics that would indicate the total amount of food wastage luo to this cause, but knows that the loss is stupendous. stu-pendous. "This year, with the great crops and the transportation facilities more . disorganized than ever before, the loss threatens to be much greater than over if some steps are not taken to transport the farmer's produce to shipping ship-ping centers where it will be assured of reasonablv timely delivery. These steps will probably be taken by the farmers themselves, who will be induced in-duced by the prevailing high prices to Invest money in motor trucks and truck units. Because of these condi-tions, condi-tions, we have prepared for a rush of (orders for the 'Tonford' truck unit, for the agricultural districts." oo j THINKING If you think you're beaten, you are; If vou think you daro not, you don t; If you'd like to win, but you think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't If vou think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world wo find Success begins with a fellow's will; It's all in the state of mind. If you think you're outclassed, you are; You've got to think big to rise, You've got to be sure of yourself before be-fore You can ever win a prize. Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man; But soon or late the man who wins, Is the one who thinks he can. oo |