On One- Horse Carts. 157 
£ s. d. 
1 waggon 25 0 0 
1 dung-cart 1500 
3 horses 60 0 0 
Extra harness 2 0 0 
Proportionate cost of the light cart to 50 acres . 3 0 0 
105 0 0 
£ s. d. 
Two 4-inch wheel one-horse carts . . . 24 0 0 
Two horses 40 0 0 
64 0 0 
Balance in favour of carts . . . 41 0 0 
105 0 0 
This shows a saving of upwards of 16s. an acre, which many 
young farmers would finU extremely useful to expend in stock or 
implements. There is also some annual saving in the expense of 
tile repairs under the cart system, as well as that of the keep of 
one horse to every 50 acres. I believe there are those who think 
this of little importance ; that they can keep horses at a very small 
expense, say from 3s. to 5s. per week ; and that if fewer are kept, 
they must be fed more highly, and therefore the cost is much the 
same, forgetting that the more horses are kept the greater number 
of hands are required to attend them, whose time also is wasted 
if the animals are not in a state to do a good day's work ; nor is 
the manure nearly so valuable as when the horses are kept in a 
better state. To estimate the saving of keeping one horse less 
to 50 acres, I will make my calculations from my own method of 
keep. I have not for years allowed my horses any hay. In win- 
ter I give them 10 lbs. of corn, 10 lbs. of carrots or swedes, and as 
much straw-chaff as they will eat, per diem. The corn I value 
at 6s. per week, the roots at 9rf., and the straw with expense of 
cutting into chaff Is. ^d., making in the whole 8s. per week, 
which, with Is. for shoeing, &c., amounts to 9s. In the sum- 
mer I give them green clover or vetches, without corn, which I 
value at 5s. per week, making 6s., with Is. added for shoeing, 
&c. ; the average therefore for the whole year will be 7s. Q>d. each 
horse. It therefore follows that if we can save one horse in the 
cultivation of 50 acres, it will amount to nearly 8s. per acre. 
I will now proceed to the working of the system. It is, I believe, 
generally admitted that one horse attached to a given weight, will 
move it more easily than two horses attached to double that 
weight. This arises not only from the advantage gained by ha\ - 
