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ther, I incauliously let the infected sheep go with the others the 
day after the show : the rams which had been let were put into 
two lots ; into one of them was put the lame sheep, and in a few 
days several more fell ill with this much to be dreaded com- 
plaint ; the other lot and those unlet continued healthy. 
I have given no account of expenses incurred in the trial of 
these experiments : I do not see how it can be done faithfully in 
reference to those I have given, as many were tried years ago ; 
indeed, I cannot see how it can be ascertained what a bushel of 
turnips, carrots, or cabbages can be produced at, as much will 
depend upon the season and nature of the soil upon which they 
are grown. I am confident it may happen that one season I 
might produce, for instance, a ton of swedes at a less price than 
a ton of carrots, and the next year I could produce the carrots at 
the least price per ton ; as the season and soil might vary, and 
the swedes be attacked with flies, grubs, or grape, or the carrots 
with what is termed here the " iron-mould." With these facts in 
view, I have not attempted to detail the expenses, for if they are 
not Gfiven accurately, thev had better be left out altogether. 
I believe I have stated all that is required (as far as my ex- 
perience has led me) in the management of sheep, and as faith- 
fully as I can do. I might have entered more into detail, but 
1 thought it would be tedious and unnecessary. 
Beeston, Biggleswade. 
XXXII. — An Essay on the Advantages of One-Horse Carts. — 
By Jesse French. 
Some few years since, while discussing the subject of agricul- 
tural economy with my late father, I remarked to him that farmers 
generally incur unnecessary expense in the number of agricultural 
carriages they purchase ; that the occupier of a farm of from 
fourscore to a hundred and fifty acres must have four or five ma- 
nure carts, and two or three waggons, for carrying hay and corn, seve- 
ral of which are of no use during nine-tenths of the year, but stand 
about to rot ; are sent to be repaired, or occupy a shed that must 
also be occasionally repaired; and that I thought we ought to 
make the same carriages carry the hay and corn that carry the 
dung. But at that time I was dissuaded from making the attempt ; 
and till the year 1842 continued to carry my corn upon two wag- 
gons ; and then finding one of them not worth repairing, had almost 
given the final order for a nev/ one at the cost of 45Z., when I read 
in a newspaper Mr. Pusey's recommendation of the one-horse cart 
system as worthy of a trial. Accordingly, I proceeded to fit up 
