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The most convenient wagon for our use is that some- 

 times kept for moving stone at quarries, and called a 

 stone cutter's dray, shown in Fig. 3. In Maine, such 

 are used very commonly to carry timber about sawmills, 

 and on short routes, where no stumps or stones are to 

 be passed over, thus saving much lifting. 



It is desirable that the driver should ride the 10-rod 

 stages between the fowl houses to lighten his labor, and 

 that the team should trot to save time. But to climb 

 in and out of an ordinary wagon to ride 10 rods, would 

 involve more exertion than walking. Besides, the labor 

 of lifting grain in and out will be much less in a low 



FIG. 3. STONE CUTTER'S DRAY. 



wagon ; the water cask may be filled and drawn from 

 readily, and it is especially convenient in gathering dry 

 earth. The vehicle should be built just heavy enough 

 to support a barrel of water, five or six bushels of 

 grain, and the driver ; or, when rigged for earth, the 

 amount desired to be curried is about equal to an ordi- 

 nary horse cart load. It is not intended to be used off 

 the premises at all, and as there are no stones, hum- 

 mocks, or the like, and no deep ruts, the body is set so 

 as to clear the ground by only 8 in. (10 in. are allowed 

 in the Maine wagons). The body is 12 ft. long, and 4 

 ft. 2 in. wide behind, and 3 ft. wide in front, the taper- 

 ing shape being necessary to give a chance to turn the 



