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Show Crops on Wheels. Bumper crops in New Jersey are being put on wheels and rolled right Into the city markets, fresher and faster this year than ever before, and for the first time since the growing grow-ing of perishable products became an extensive industry in the state the farmers feel themselves to some degree de-gree independent of railroad schedules and freight rates. Motor trucks have solved the problem prob-lem of fast delivery for Jersey farmers. farm-ers. Hundreds of big cars, some of them with a carrying capacity of several sev-eral tons, have been put on the roads between the farms and markets this season. Many of these auto trucks are owned by the farmers themselves, having hoen purchased to replace Dorses and market wagons. |