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that above cited could not be conveyed during 

 fresh weather ; but instances have occurred of 

 much heavier weights being drawn by the same 

 number of horses, during hard frosts, when no 

 injury can be done to the roads. 



Tlie horses usually employed on the road are 

 of the ol(^ Flanders breed, the same as the com- 

 mon draj-horse in London, but evidently infe- 

 rior to them in strength and weight. 



Wagons of the same nature, but of a lighter 

 construction, are also generally employed for 

 farm purposes, and are found convenient and 

 effective. 



The Belgian Government have applied the 



same principle to the yoking of the artillery- 

 trains ; and it is certain that no guns of the same 

 weight, and drawn by the same number of 

 horses, would otherwise be able to traverse 

 rough and uneven ground with the same facility. 

 It may be remarked that provision is made to 

 adjust tihe leverage to the power of each liorse, 

 so that the pairs may be always equally matched, 

 if not in strength, at least in their effective ef- 

 forts. To explain this more clearly, I have sub- 

 joined a diagram representing the fore-traiu of 

 a wagon adapted tor five horses. It will be ob- 

 served that spare holes are provided in the 

 swing-bars to change the leverage. 



J/. B. It is carious, but nevertheless the case, I a single small line tied to the middle of the bri- 

 that the whole team of five horses is guided by | die-reins of the off-hand leader. 

 3 King's Road, May 12, 1845. [Jour, of Royal Ag. Soc. of England. 



Grafting. — It is often, in grafting upon slen- 

 der stocks and branches, very inconvenient to 

 attach and support a great lump of clay, which, 

 in spite of the greatest care and attention, v*-ill, 

 either in very -wet or very drj- weather, crack 

 and fall awaj-. Last Spring I made trial of 

 Kheet Indi^-rubber, cut into narrow strips or 

 bandages, from J to | of an inch broad, which 

 I applied to the graft — having first fixed the 

 graft witii bast — and with success. The India- 

 rubber presents all the requisites sought for in 

 (400) 



clay ; it is air-tight, and water-tight, and, more- 

 over, it will not fall away ; and it is elastic, 

 which admits of the swelling of the scion in its 

 growth, and it is applied -vvith perfect ease and 

 quickness. After wrapping the bandairc round 

 the graft and stock, as you \vonld a linen band- 

 age on a cut finger, the last turn only requires 

 securing by tying with a bit of thread or thin 

 bass ; and it has a very light and neat appear- 

 ance, when the operation is completed. 



G. L. 



