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band. The harness should always be sufficiently strong, 

 and before using the breaking-cart, the colt must be well 

 harness-broken. 



A HOME-MADE CAKT. 



Figure 36 shows a serviceable farm cart, which can 

 be made by any one who understands the use of a saw and 

 hammer. The sides of the box, which is six feet long and 

 four feet wide, are of plank a foot wide, the bottom of 

 inch boards ; the end-board is fastened with hooks, so 

 that it can be readily removed when loading the cart. 



Fig. 36. HOME-MADE CAKT. 



The wheels are those of an old, worn-out reaper, and the 

 axle consists of a piece of gas-pipe, large enough to fit the 

 hub of the wheels. Pins put in holes drilled through the 

 ends of the axle, keep the wheels in their places. The 

 axle is fastened to the wagon by wooden blocks, hollowed 

 out to proper shape ; these blocks are firmly screwed 

 to the side-pieces. The thills pass through the front 

 board and are bolted to the sides of the box. A single- 

 tree is fastened to a cross-piece bolted to the thills close 

 to the box. Such a cart is very convenient on every 

 farm, and being low, it is easily loaded. 



