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Show I, FIBS' TICKS SAVE CHOPS "The light truck manufacturer and the truck unit manufacturer these days find themselves In an unusually fortunate position in relation to the agricultural buyer," says Sales Mana-ger Mana-ger H. A. Conlon, of the Detroit Truck company. "Reports from every side indicate that harvests will be great and the railroad facilities in many quarters for short hauls so congested con-gested that tho question of whether the farmer should buy a truck Tor economy's sake is giving way to the conviction of the farmer that he must get a truck to save his crops from rot- ting on the ground. "Reports from all quarters indicate ' that the crops of the United States this year will be by far tho greatest in the history of the country, not only due to favorable weather conditions but also to the fact that this year there is a greater number of acres under cultivation than over before in jf the history of the United States. "Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of vegetables, fruit and other products rot on tho ground every year 1 mainly because of inadequate trans- portation facilities in the hands ot . the farmers. Tho governmnt's agri- j cultural .bureau has never complied statistics that would indicate tho total amount of food wastago duo to this cause, but knows that tho loss is stupendous. "This year, with the great crops and the transportation facilities more disorganized dis-organized than over before, tho loss threatens to be much greater than over if somo steps are not taken to transport tho farmer's products to shipping conters, where it will be as. sured of reasonably timoly delivery. These stops will probably be Liken by tho farmers themselves who will be induced by tho prevailing high prices to Invest money In motor trucks and truck units. |