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XXXI V. — An Essaij on the Advantages derived from the Use of 
One-Horse Carts. By E. Loomes. 
Tiiic advantages derived from the use of one-horse carts I shall 
here point out in the order in which thej were brought under 
my notice on my own farm, and which are of course to be realized 
on all farms in proportion to their size. 
Tiie first advantage I derived was in stocking my farm, which 
contains about 230 acres, all arable, and would, under the waffiron 
S3Stein, have required four waggons and four carts, which, if 
purchased new, would have cost as follows: — 
£. 5. d. 
2 waggon?, at 30/. . . 60 0 0 
2 harvest ditto, at 15/. . . 30 0 0 
4 carts, at 12/. . . . 48 0 0 
Total . £138 0 0 
But by using onc-horsc carts, with fittings for harvest-work, my 
outlay was — 
£. s. d. 
4 carts complete, at 13/. . 52 0 0 
In order to prove, however, that there was a saving of 8G^, as 
appears here, it will be necessary to show that 1 am in no way 
inconvenienced by the entire substitution of one-horse carts for 
waggons and carts of a larger description. In the first place, 
there is no farming purpose to which waggons or large carts are 
applied for which one-horse carts are not also adapted, and it 
will be seen in the following table (which I have laid down from 
a careful ol)servation of the capabilities of one-horse carts and 
waggons) that one horse in a cart is capable of conveying much 
more than half what can be carried on a wag;2:on with two horses. 
ONE-HORSE CARTS. 
Wheat-sheaves . 172 
Corn, c.ike, &c. . 25 cwt. 
Bones . . . QJ bush. 
TWO-IIORSE WAGGONS. 
Wheat-sheaves . . 207 
Corn, cake, &c. . 45 cwt. 
Bones . . . 100 bush. 
The difference in the quantity of sheaf-corn carrried by each, 
though small, may by some be considered a great disadvantage; 
l)ut I think it matters not so much how many sheaves are car- 
ried at a time, as that the stacker should be kept well employed ; 
and the little time that may be taken up in the extra tying on of 
the load is amply regained by the additional number of bottoms 
of loads the pitcher has to put up. Thus, for harvest-work, four 
carts with four horses are equal to four w.aggons with eight horses. 
And again, for manure carting, lour one-horse carts are equal 
to four two-horse carts, with these advantages, that being more 
