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elownesg of oxen, which is the greatest objection to their util- 

 ity in husbandry, is doubtless owing in part to their weight 

 and natural inactivity, and in part, too, by overloading thera 

 with burdens that are made to bear constantly and heavily up- 

 on their necks. But it appears that these causes are in some 

 measure remedied in Europe, by different modes of draft, some 

 of which have been described ; and by exercising them to a 

 quick pace. It has been said that the Sussex Oxen, in Eng- 

 land, have beaten horses at the plough in the deepest clay. 

 The Ilartfordshire and Devonshire oxen there are recommend- 

 ed as the most speedy. It is well known that there is a great 

 difference in our oxen with respect to their agility and docility, 

 and it would be an object worthy of much attention for our farm- 

 ers to seek for such ones for farm labor, that excel \v those pro- 

 perties. Some oxen to be selected from our common stock may 

 be found that will perform nearly double the labor on account 

 of possesing these properties in a superior degree. When by 

 experience and observation the farmer may discover a particu- 

 lar breed of cows whose bull calves are such generally as to 

 make oxen possessing these peculiar properties, he would do 

 well to keep and improve them for that purpose. 



The choice of the most convenient carts for the purposes of 

 husbandry, is a subject connected with thcvt of teaming. 



It is said that some of the best British farmers generally use 

 one horse carts instead of wagons on their farms ; and they 

 are particularly recommended by Mr. Young, for this purpose, 

 as being on the whole more convenient and cheaper. In Ire- 

 land, the wheel car, as it is called, is almost imiversally used 

 on farms, and for transporting on the highways. Each horse 

 in that carriage, draws from ten to twenty hundred weight, ac- 

 cording to the state of the roads ; and it is said there that one 

 animal drawing by itself, in a car or cart, can as easily draw 

 eight hundred weight, as two can draw twelve hundred, when 

 put together in a waggon. The reason assigned is, that in a 

 cart the horse cS.rries a part of the load on his back ; and ia 

 drawing, his exertions are not baffled by the jostling and une- 

 qual exertions of another. It is objected against carts, tbat they 

 press too heavily on the horse, or oxen, when going downhill, 

 particularly when carrying a top-heavy load, and that they will 

 incline to tilt up, when going up hill, with such load. These 

 -defects have, however, been in some degree obviated, by a con- 

 trivance fixed in front of the box, for the purpose of raising its 

 fore end when going down hill, and of sinking it, when up, so 

 that in either case, the centre of gravity of the load will not be 

 fKaterially altered, from what it is on level ground. In the 

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