Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . can farmers, too, arelooking upon the motor truck as arecognized means of transportingtheir produce. In Iowa, for ex-ample, there are 6,012 farmer-owned trucks, 61 trucking com-. , panies and 187 trucks run by in- dividuals on regular advertisedshipping days. During the pastyear these 187 trucks alone have% carried a total tonnage of 172,200^ ? tons—equivalent to 8,610 carload.^i or 344 train loads. In a recent bulletin issued bythe United States Department ofAgriculture, it was shown thathauling by truck averaged fifteencents per mile and by team, t
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . can farmers, too, arelooking upon the motor truck as arecognized means of transportingtheir produce. In Iowa, for ex-ample, there are 6,012 farmer-owned trucks, 61 trucking com-. , panies and 187 trucks run by in- dividuals on regular advertisedshipping days. During the pastyear these 187 trucks alone have% carried a total tonnage of 172,200^ ? tons—equivalent to 8,610 carload.^i or 344 train loads. In a recent bulletin issued bythe United States Department ofAgriculture, it was shown thathauling by truck averaged fifteencents per mile and by team, thirty-three cents. Iowa motor officials,accepting this comparative state-ment, and estimating the total ton-nage carried by the trucks of in-dividual farmers and the truckingcompanies as 488,400 tons, havedeclared that the saving to th«rfarmers of the state in the pastyear, has been $2,017, As a result of this new develop-ment in transportation, a move-Continued on page 24 14 Farmers Magazine jjIPMMMfMfElMMMfMMMlMMMMlMMfMMIMlM^. Champion A-43, K-in., 18 Price $ For use in heavyserviQe motors,trucks, tractorsand farm engines TKe safe way to selecte£[icieiit Spark Plugs Over three hundred manufacturers ofmotor cars, trucks, tractors, farm andstationary engines, motor boats, motorcycles and aeroplanes, in Canada andthe United States, have selected Cham-pions as regular factory equipment. They selected Champions to insure effi-cient operation of their motors—if youwant that same dependable, efficientoperation in your motor demand hampjon DependableSpark Plugs Our famous 3450 insulators andcompression-proof gaskets give toChampions a dependability that isgreatly in excess of ignition service re-quirements. Champion on the insulator is yoursafest guide to efficient spark plugs. Sold where motor supplies are sold CKampion Spark Plug Oanskda» I^ixnited Windsor, Ontario Largest Factory in Canada making Spark Plugs exclusively 106
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