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Motor Truck Transportation In Western South Dakota, F. T. Hady May 1933

Motor Truck Transportation In Western South Dakota, F. T. Hady

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars

Motor truck transportation has sprung into prominence with great rapidity during the past few years. Likewise the problems of this type of transportation of agricultural commodities have taken on increasing importance during this period. This report deals with only one phase of the problem of transportation of agricultural commodities in the state of South Dakota. The report logically divides itself into three parts. The first deals with the increasing use of motor trucks in the area covered by the study. The second part deals with a somewhat detailed study of the hauling of crops in the trade territory of one …


The Growth And Decline Of South Dakota Trade Centers: 1901-1933, P.H. Landis Apr 1933

The Growth And Decline Of South Dakota Trade Centers: 1901-1933, P.H. Landis

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

Considerable interest has been shown in recent years in the future prospect for the small farm trade center. This interest has grown out of the threat of modern means of communication and transportation as well as that of the growing prosperity of the larger city to the welfare of the small town. Sociologists have approached the problem with a view to learning what is happening in various sections of the country, and on the basis of the knowledge acquired, being able to predict what the immediate future holds for the small town as a trade center and market for the …