No. 4.] COUNTRY ROADS —APPENDIX. 



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With all-leather harness, the writer has shifted two horses 

 from single carts to the plough or scraper inside of three 

 minutes. This change is often convenient in road repairs, 

 or any grading of earth whatever. 



At one time it is said fifty two-horse dumps, on single pairs 

 of wheels, were in use in Canaan, Conn. With three shafts 

 of tough, springy white oak, and all leather harness, dis- 

 carding too heavy pads, the two-horse cart may be the short- 

 est and most convenient strong road team in existence. 

 Schools of design should proceed at once with fear and 

 trembling to work out the details of this conception. 



The village cart, for one horse, sketched below, is built 

 and used with satisfaction in South Manchester, Conn. The 

 felloes and tires are five to six inches wide, and the axle- 

 tree is bent to carry the body conveniently low for heavy or 

 light loading. Flaring sideboards give capacity for strawy 

 manure, leaves, etc. 



