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Sometimes, while yet too steep for barrow- 

 work, it is not possible to work a horse and 

 cart, as was the case when I was making my 

 garden. The means I adopted of overcoming 

 this difficulty was as follows : — I made a small 

 tilting truck, holding about a ton, similar to 

 that used in quarries, etc., which I ran on 

 some light rails, about nine pounds to the 

 yard ; these were quite portable and could 

 easily be moved about in sections. The 

 motive power I used was an old ship^s winch, 

 and with about thirty yards of a three-inch 

 cable I had a most useful little railway, by 

 means of which I drew and deposited where 

 I wished many hundred tons of soil, up a 

 gradient of nearly one in five. The winch 

 being geared very low, a small boy could work 

 it easily, even with a full load on the truck. 

 In place of the winch, horse power could 

 be used, but this was not in my case feasible. 

 However, even had I the choice, I would 

 prefer the mechanical power. 



Some few suggestions as how best to utilise 

 labour may be found to be a help. 



Two men will get through more work in 



