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Advantages of One- Horse Carts. 
four dung-carts for carrying corn^ at a very few shillings' expense, 
and after the following manner. Two poles, each the length of 
the axletree, were placed across the cart, one before and the other 
behind ; each of these was made fast bv two wooden pins passing 
through the pole into staples in the sides of the cart. Two other 
poles were placed lengthways, one over each wheel, forming lades. 
Nest, by placing a sheep-gate with the points uppermost upon the 
shafts, immediately before the body of the cart, a high front was 
formed to keep the load from coming in contact with the horse ; 
or rather a fore-ladder, made after the fashion of a sheep-gate, 
the rails extending high enough to prevent the sheaves, when 
thrust forward in loading, from resting on'the horse's back. This 
w as secured, leaning a little forward, hy a rope or chain, with each 
end fixed to the fore corners of the cart. A tail-ladder of similar 
construction was fastened in the same way behind. 
W ith three such carts I proceeded to carry wheat, and in four 
hours, with one man to pitch, picked up about 3000 sheaves, 
having half a mile to carrv them. Whoever, then, might ridicule 
my novel mode of proceeding, was welcome to pick up more in the 
same time, and with the same number of hands, with as many wag- 
gons and horses as he pleased. 
Having pursued this plan of carrving corn and hay for two 
^•ears, and one of my neighbours having followed my example last 
year, I draw the following conclusions from the observations I 
have made : — That in carrying bound corn, the one-horse cart 
system has several advantages over that of waggons : and in carry- 
ing loose corn or hay, though the loader and he that throws it off 
may complain, and strong prejudices, the effect of habit, may pos- 
sess the minds of all the hands emploved, there is upon the whole 
no disadvantage. Three carts will generally be suthcient where 
the distance does not exceed half a mile, for one cart to be always 
loading ; and for every additional half mile one additional cart will 
be about sufficient ; but this will depend in a great measure upon 
the road. 
In carrying hay, the small farmer, with his three horses and one 
waggon, is desirous to get it into large rows, that with a longjork 
he may get up a big load in a short time; and, having done so, 
several hands must accompany the waggon to unload: thus time is 
wasted by the men in passing from the field to the stack, and much 
labour is spent in getting it into large rows, which more than neu- 
tralizes the advantage of getting it up in big pitches. If two wag- 
gons are used, at least four or five horses are neccssarv to keep 
each wasson movinsf so soon as disengaged from loading or unload- 
ing; and the hands engaged in stacking often have to wait when 
one waggon is empty before the other arrives. If three waggons 
arc used, all may go on with perfect regularity, but from six to 
