ON THE ADVANTAGE OF ONE-HORSE CARTS. 71 



Thirdly, in tlie drawing- of lime, stones, slates, tiles, or 

 manure, g-reat distances, tliere is a saving- of at least a fourth. 



Fourthly, in harvest work there is a saving- in one-horse 

 carts over wag-g'ons with only two horses in them; and 

 allowing- that they would he able to draw two tons in them 

 besides the wag-g-on (which I believe is not possible) ; but it 

 matters not, for even if they could, carts are then the most 

 economical by at least one-seventh, both in horse and in 

 manual labour at harvest work, which is the most impurtant 

 of all work, 



Fifthl}', in carting- of roots there is the same saving- over 

 two-horse carts, as in the drawing- on of manure, namely, 

 one-fourth. 



Sixthly, in the marketing- of corn, the one-horse carts have 

 the same advantages over wag-g'ons as in carting- lime, &c., 

 namely, one-fom-th in horse labour, but a drawback of one- 

 eig-hth in the manual labour, making- a clear saving- of an 

 eig-hth. 



It would appear, from every rule and observation that I 

 have made these five years, that there is a g-eneral saving- of 

 one-fourth in horse labour at all sorts of work ; but in g-oing* 

 distances from home there is a drawback of about a third in 

 the manual labour ; but when there are four horses and carts 

 going- out, a strong- boy would do, thereby reducing- that 

 expense. In fact, all the increase of men will not amount to 

 more than will pay the interest of the money sunk in wag- 

 gons ; and as every man must have a certain number of 

 carts, whether he keeps wag-g-ons or not, therefore it is an 

 important consideration, whether a man buys four or five 

 wag-g-ons, besides dung--carts, or whether he should buy six 

 first-rate new harvest-carts, made of g-ood larch or red pine, 

 realizing- a saving- of about 70 per cent, to buy some good 

 implements with, to assist in g-rowing- some long- straw, that 

 will lie on the cai-ts. 



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