Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-11-30
AG 2luUAArU RAN.
SINGLE HORSE CARTS MOST USEFUL,
From Diebsos on .2grsculure.]


A very inteiigfa,f corr espondent, who
has paid much attention 10 the lmpor-
lance OF Carts IL eJe1abs:y, found, IN con-
structing single oarse ohes, that the ca.
pacity OF wagons was 10y no means Just
rule for them. From those with which
he vas acquainted, containing in the bed
or buca ninety-six cubical feet, being
twelve leet long, four feet WIDE, and two
feet In depth; II was supposed, that to
give one horse the fourth OF the load Of
four, 1t would only be necessary to give
them the space of twenty-four cubical
feet, or to make them four feet by three,
with depth of Two fleets but i was soon
observed that the power OF horse might
be enlarged so as to have the Dimensions
oil five feet one inch in breadth, two feet
in depth, and to contain tbirty-ive cubi-
Cal feet and a fraction, max ing the pro-
portion OF the one horse cart 10 the four
horse wagon as ti,irty-five TO ninety six
more than one to three. This places in
striking point of view, the advantage
such small carts have over large ones ia
the quantity OF work performed. The
s cut ~ pSi ASi ~ AiNoS aito 10 aSiiuSlN
cd still more obvious and striking BY the
observations, thai gwo horses with single
horse carts will draw as much as three
horses with one cart; that a common
carrier a, Carlisle, who many years ear
ployed wagon, has laid 1t aside, and
now uses single horse carts only; as ne
finds he can, by these means, carry muca
greater weights
II is likewise supposed, that the su-
perior goodness OF the roads IN Cumbcr-
: land, may be ascribed to the general use
OF single horse carts; and that whenever
wagons are extensively employed, they
are the destruction of roads, especially
where the country is billy, and where
they are under the necessity of having
the wheels locked, as in such cases the
ground Is 10 a manaer ploughed up by
them The sam objections are equally
strong against large and heavy carts, as
they produce the same bad effects, only
in somewhat less degree.
1t IS, in short, strongly contended that
wagons cannot be advantageous 70 the
iarmer, since the same number of horses
wan 10 boI sc Cdtlo VIZ QIdW iluC'i
more thar. when yoked six or eight toge-
ther. Besides, it's conceived that single
horse carts are superior ON other ground;
they are loaded and unloaded with great
or ease and convenience, and are more
handy Tor almost every purpose, and six
or eight of them may be managed by
man and boy at very little expense.
lnthese carts too, the size Of the wheels
can be adapted with the greatest exact
ness TO the height OF the horses, and be
placed with more convenience in regard
to the centre of gravity of the load, by
which the draught is considerably lessen
ed.
In fact, the Cumberland farmers and
those OF other counties, are fully con-
vinced that very great advantages are de-
rived from using carts OF he single
horse kind. This sor, of carts has lately
been compared in many different points
OF view by an accurate observer, and
found in almost every instance to be
greatly superior to wagons Or tumbrils
for almost all the various purposes OF the
farm.