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SECTION LIX. 



Carriages mcjiproperfer Hufbandry, 



IN the choice of carriages much depends 

 upon fituation ; but there is one certain rule 

 which will hold good in every fituation, that is^ 

 (hat all carriages fhould be upon as fimple a 

 Gonftrudion as pofTible. 



The fewer the number of carriages a man 

 keeps, the lefs his expence ; for when they are 

 not employed, they are continually going to 

 decay. Some people are fond of a variety of 

 carriages to do their bufinefs with : but I prefer 

 one fort only in farming, either carts or wag- 

 gons ; for with either the farmer may do all 

 that is neceflary — he may carry his hay, his 

 corn and manure with the fame carriaore. 



Carts are beyond doubt the chcapeft and the 

 beft kind of carnages, and may be ufed in al- 

 moft any fituation. In a flat country they are 

 preferable to any kind : in a hilly country, fome 

 objedion may be made to chem when loaded 

 high ; for, going either up hill or down, they 

 are both troubleiome and dan^crons. But in 



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