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The waggons are small, compact, and well made: narrow 

 wheeled weighing from 15 cwt. to 20 cwt.: the six inch wheels 

 from 25 cwt. to 30 cwt. : the latter drawn with six horses in pairs. 



Some years ago waggons of this description were made 5 or 

 6 cwt. heavier than they are now. The reduction of the weight 

 particularly to those who are common carriers is highly advan- 

 tageous, being not less than fifty pounds per year gain by each 

 team constantly employed on the road ; and, if made with good 

 materials, a light waggon will last as long as a heavy one. 



Horses and oxen are used for ploughing in about equal propor- 

 tion ', sometimes both are used together : oxen mostly in the yoke. 



Usual seed time for wheat, the months of October and No- 

 vember. Beans and oats in February and March, and barley in 

 April. 



Wheat harvest in August ; barley and oats in September ; beans 

 ■as late as October. 



Few farmers agree in opinion respecting early or late sowing; 

 and perhaps no fixed time can with propriety be established. The 

 success, or otherwise, depends so much on fortuitous circum- 

 stances, such as the wetness or dryness of the season, the tempe- 

 ratare of the air, both at the time of sowing and after, that what 

 is successful one year is quite the contrary the next. 



The following rules may I think be safely followed : not to sow 

 wheat before the month of September, nor later than November. 



Not to sow till the ground is properly moistened, and made 

 close and firm by rain. 



After the middle of February whenever, the. land devoted to 

 spring crops is dry and healthy ; begin planting beans, and sowing 

 oats; and under the same circumstances let all your barley be in 

 the ground before the middle of April. 



In this district there are many commons uninclosed ; the prin- 

 cipal of which are Broadfield Down near Wrington, and Lands*- 

 -down near Bath. The former contains 2500 acres, and is, for the 

 most part, a good soil deep in earth and easily ploughed. 



Surely the inclosing and cultivating a tract like this, situate 

 only eight miles distant from the city of Bristol, could not fail of 

 being a great advantage to the proprietors; particularly as it 



abounds 



