AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF cfcap. V. 



cart, and the corn cart. The former is of great- 

 er or less dimensions and strength, according as 

 it is to be drawn by one or two horses. Axles 

 of iron are much used, both from a principle of 

 economy, and from their contributing to the 

 easiness of the draught. The bodies are made 

 to turn over, when unloading, independent of 

 the shafts, to which they are connected by an 

 iron rod a little before the axle. Their sides are 

 strengthened and supported by iron stays both 

 on the fore and hinder part, and, when resting 

 on the shafts, they are secured by iron locks be- 

 fore. Of late they are made broader in the bot- 

 tom, projecting some inches over the naves, by 

 which means their capacity is enlarged, and the 

 side standards, being more perpendicular, are 

 less apt to be strained by the weight of the load, 

 Sometimes a frame is made to fix occasionally 

 on the close bodied cart for the purpose of car- 

 rying hay or corn in the straw. Farmers, how- 

 ever, have generally carts constructed solely for 

 this purpose. These are open bodied, much 

 longer, and with a wide projection above, so as 

 to admit a load of hay to the extent of a ton 

 weight. Sometimes they are so constructed, 

 that the body can be removed from the shafts, 

 and, by fixing bars on the sides and ends with 

 iron bolts, they can be easily fitted for the pur- 

 pose of carrying wood ; and were they made 

 close in the bottom, they would be equally con- 

 venient for the carriage of stones. 



Single Horse Carts arc coming much into use, 

 upon this just principle, that two single horse- 

 carts will carry more than one double cart, with' 

 less strain to the carts, less damage to the roads, 



