140 



THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



and both sides let down so as to admit of its being easily emptied, 

 and it is much lighter and lower (and consequently far more easily 

 loaded) than any truck of equal size having a side tip, . ..900 



Pair of patent barrow trucks, with side tip, fitted with false lades and 

 screw- brake. These trucks are only adapted for the 11-inch gauge, 

 and on that account are not recommended for general farm work, . 900 



Mr Grant also makes a harvest-truck, fig. 14, the sides of which let 

 down to a horizontal position, and are there held by means of chains, 

 thus forming a wide surface for the conveyance of grain from the fields. 



Fra. 14. 



This form of truck costs 13. These harvest-trucks carry about half the 

 quantity of an ordinary farm horse-waggon. 



For a large farm it would be necessary to have half a mile in length 

 of the rails, and this, with the necessary trucks required, will cost nearly 

 180. 



I have seen trucks used, with a great saving of time and labour, in 

 conveying turnips and steamed food for cattle in farm-steadings ; but in 

 those cases there was no turn-table used at the corners ; the rails were 

 laid round the corners in a bend, forming, as it were, a semicircle, and the 

 axle of the front wheels of the truck was made to turn on a pivot fixed 

 to the centre of the axle, and under the body of the truck. When made 

 as described, the wheels accommodate themselves to the rounded rails. 



I am of opinion that ere long a system of railroad or tramway will be 

 very generally adopted for the work of large farms. They may be put 

 down permanently, by having the rails to lay down on the common 

 road or over the arable land as may be required, and then to be removed 

 at pleasure to other parts of the farm. This would certainly be very 

 convenient, and an advantage in an economical point of view, in remov- 

 ing manure to the fields, or in the ingathering of the crops in harvest- 

 time. If laid down permanently on a large farm of, say, five hundred 

 acres in extent, it would be sufficient to have two main lines running 



