. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. JtLW&mTU BULLETIN No. 931 Contribution frcm the Bureau of Public Roads, THOS. H. ''VsY MacDON ALD, Chief, in cooperation with the Office of Farm ^2sl_ Management and Farm Economics, H. C. TAYLOR, Chief. ,^S^*^^V«. Washington, D. C. February 25, 1921 CORN-BELT FARMERS' EXPERIENCE WITH MOTOR TRUCKS. A study of 831 Reports from Farmers Who Own Motor Trucks. By H. R. Tolley, Agricultural Engineer, and Church, Assistant in Farm Accounting. CONTENTS. Page. Summary 1 Method of study 3 Location and size of farms 4 Di
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. JtLW&mTU BULLETIN No. 931 Contribution frcm the Bureau of Public Roads, THOS. H. ''VsY MacDON ALD, Chief, in cooperation with the Office of Farm ^2sl_ Management and Farm Economics, H. C. TAYLOR, Chief. ,^S^*^^V«. Washington, D. C. February 25, 1921 CORN-BELT FARMERS' EXPERIENCE WITH MOTOR TRUCKS. A study of 831 Reports from Farmers Who Own Motor Trucks. By H. R. Tolley, Agricultural Engineer, and Church, Assistant in Farm Accounting. CONTENTS. Page. Summary 1 Method of study 3 Location and size of farms 4 Distance to market 4 Size of trucks 6 Age of trucks 6 Are these trucks profitable invest- ments? 6 The best size 7 Advantages and disadvantages 8 Road hauling with trucks 10 Road hauling for which trucks are not used 14 Hauling on the farm with trucks__ 14 Custom hauling 16 Page. Effect of different kinds of roads on use of trucks 17 Change of market 19 Annual use of trucks 20 Life and depreciation of trucks 21 Repairs 22 Gasoline and oil 24 Tires 24 Reliability 26 Cost of operation 29 Cost of hauling with trucks 30 Saving of hired help 30 Displacement of horses 31 Farms on which tractors are owned_ 32 SUMMARY. This bulletin summarizes the experience with motor trucks of 831 grain and live-stock farmers in the corn belt who have motor trucks for use on their own farms. The average size of their farms is 347 acres. This is considerably greater than the average size of all farms in the corn belt. Only 14 per cent of these farms are less than 5 miles from market and 20 per cent of them are 15 miles or more. The average distance from market is 8 miles, while the average distance from market of all farms in the corn belt is probably not over 4 miles. A little over one-fourth of these men have changed their markets, for at least a part of their produce, since purchasing trucks. For those who have changed market, the average distance to the old market was 7 miles and to the new market
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