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On One-Horse Carts. 
ing all the power of draught close to the work, but also all the 
power applied at the same moment, which is almost impossible 
where two or more horses, having different wills and steps, are at- 
tached lo the weight; and for the same reason one horse will travel 
more quickly singly. I have often heard it remarked as teams 
have passed " how well the horses pull together," when, perhaps, 
they have been moving at something less than two miles an hour; 
but hasten them to four miles an hour, and this steady working 
team will draw very uneasily, one horse pulling to the right hand, 
another to the left ; therefore a great saving of time is occasioned 
in the quickness of motion with one-horse carts. When a cart is 
filled there is no delay in attaching the trace-horses, during which 
operation the one horse would be two hundred yards on the road. 
I know this might be done more quickly by having men ready to 
change the horses, as is the practice of opposition coaches, but I 
am speaking of the matter-of-fact working of the system. Then 
again, when the load is deposited, the one horse turns in much 
less time than the two or three. These facts are too self-evident 
to admit of contradiction ; indeed, I believe the economy of cart- 
ing manure with one-horse carts is generally allowed, but the em- 
ployment of them in harvesting is much objected to. In this 
respect, however, I find them equally expeditious and economical. 
My actual experience is that three carts, with the harvest frames 
attached, will convey as much hay or corn in the straw as two 
waggons, and that they are bound with the ropes in the same 
time, therefore no time is lost in binding. They are easier to pitch 
to than waggons, and not more difficult to unload ; and all the 
advantages are gained of speed in travelling. 
The facility with which carts are set to a rick, as compared 
with wagooiis, will effect a much greater saving of time than in 
working from a heap of manure; you can also draw the carts to 
all sides of the rick, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of diawing 
your rick aside by the great treading there generally is on the 
side on which you unload the waggons, the usual practice being 
to unload all on one side, from the waggon being too unwieUIy in 
turning to be set at the other sides. My system in carrying a 
field, what we call " double handed" — that is, with two pitchers 
and tuo loaders- is to commence with one cart, havinsj one pitcher 
and loader, and when that is half loaded to start another with the 
other pitcher and loader. When the first is filled it goes to the 
rick, and is followed by the others in succession : by commencing 
in this way we keep on regularly through the day, having two 
carts loadinff in the field and two unloadnis at the rick, and the 
number of carts employed in going to and fro must be regulated 
by the distance of the field from the rick; if very near, one will 
be sufficient, and more than two are seldou) required on any farm 
