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writer's own — not the best — is introduced here. With the 

 use of it he has cut, carted a mile and laid seventy-five two- 

 horse loads of turf a day, at the cost of good loam. 



Broad-tired carts for making roads need special attention 

 here, because the road making fraternity looks coldly at the 

 idea, since broad wheels may add to the cost of their outfit. 

 The public will count. the cost of rolling work with its car- 

 riages which the maker can't drive over, and the discerning 

 public will estimate the value and service of roads which are 

 built on narrow tires at their true worth, — generally nothing, 

 oftener less than nothing. 



But towns and private individuals, Avho are able and see 

 their way clearly, can and have taken up broad cart wheels, 

 so that they are being slowly introduced. They were always 

 known in parts of New England. Many neaps of ox carts 

 have, been cut off, the wheels furnished with wide rims and 

 tires, a pair of forward wheels and tongue added for horses. 

 Possibly fifty of these double teams can be mustered within 

 five miles of the writer's door. 



Ox carts are shorter and handier ; but a still shorter rig 

 for a pair of horses is shown here, as well worth our patron- 

 age, where much road and earth work is to be done. A 

 one-horse cart is often too weak, and a four-wheeled dump 

 awkward and cumbersome in a gravel or stone pit. A 

 single-horse cart should have five-inch tires. Tires for two- 

 horse or ox carts should be at least six inches wide. 



