Motor Road Transport For Commercial Purposes
(Liquid Fuel, Steam, Electricity)

20 MOTOR ROAD TRANSPOR! make the farm pay in any degree approaching the maximum. The natural result is that a motor of some kind is bought, and, much against his will since it is not in his line, the farmer tries to run it himself. With luck and good management he may succeed to a limited extent, but he would infinitely prefer to have the whole thing run for hijn, and there is no reason why this should not be done to the advantage of the farmer and the transport owner. Milk conveyance is eminently suitable to be under- taken by motor, for the supplier can save his own transport to and from the railway station, can depend on door-to-door delivery with all its advantages, and can, while providing a certain return load for the contractor, receive his empty churns back with the least possible damage and delay. The carrying of live stock to the market is also a line which might well be developed ; while the con- veyance of poultry, corn, hay, and market garden produce in large quantities—to quote only a few cases in point—contains obvious possibilities. Nor is this all, for the farmer needs a variety of goods brought to him, and these can be arranged to form return loads. It must be remembered, however, that the agricul- turist, as a rule, works on a scale of low profits, but against this can be set the faet that his require- ments in the transport direction are fairly set and regular. This is a distinet asset. The carriage of coal and oil from the railhead is another branch which is well worthy of consideration by the prospective motor haulage contractor. Motor Transport for the Garrier. There are few trades which are more eminently suited to motor transport than that of the carrier,