The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-05-31
TEE FARMER.
from the New-England Farmer.
THE FARMERS CART.

forms and modes OF construction, acGorathS 10
the nature and situation OF the roads, and many
local circumstances; but for the purposes of
farming, those Of the single horse kind, are in
general, the most advantageous and useinl,-
The advantage Of single horse carts, Lord X
Seymour observes, Ann. Ag. xviii are UNI
versallv admitted, wherey er they have been at
tentively compared with carriages OF any other
description. A horse when lie acts sngy, viii
do half as much more work as when he acts III
conjunction with another; that is TO say that two
horses will separately do as much work as three
conjunctively; this arises, in the first place from
the single horse being so near the load he draws
and in the next place, from the point or line OF
draught being so much below his breast, il being
usual to make the wheels of single horse carts
low. A horse harnessed sngly has nothing but
his load TO contend with, whereas, when he
draws in conjunction with another, he is gencr
ally embarrassed By some difference OF rate, the
h orse behind or before him, moving quicker or
slower than himself; he is likewise frequently in
convenienced by the greater or less height OF
his neighbor: these considerations give decd
ed advantage to the single horse cart. The very
great ease with which low cart is filled may be
added, as man may load it, with the help OF
long handled shovel or fork, By means Of his
hands only; whereas in order to fill higher cart,
not only the mans back, but his arms and whole
person must be excrted To the use OF single
horses in draught, there can be no objection,
unless it be the supposed necessity OF additional
drivers created by it; the fact however, is that II
has no such effect, for horses once in the habit
of going singly will follow each other as uniform
ly and as steadily as they do when harnessed TO-
gether; and accordingly we sceon the most ire
auented roads in Ireland, men conducting three
four or FIVE single horse carts each, without any
inconvenience to the passengers such, likewise,
is the case where lime and coil are generally
carried upon pack-horscs. In some of the north
en counties Of Berlin also, one Hlan manages
two or three, and sometimes more, one-horsc
carts.
Mr. Arthur Young, in the 18th volume Of his
Annals Of Agriculture, states the following di-
utnsions Of single horse cart, which he BY the
test Of experience, has found 70 be the most al
vantageous.
Buck-Length, feet inch,
Ireadth---3 feet Z inches,
Depth--2 feet.
Cubical fect---55 and afraction.
On his farm of $50 acres, hlr. Young employ
ed 5 such CARTS and obs rived that he would not
add more than one 10 the number
DR.. Mease, in wiillch's Domestic ncyclope-
dia, Philadelphia Edition, says "a prediction
has long prevailed in England and America, N
favor of large teams and wagons, IN regard 70
which, says DR.. Anderson, the gr at object Of
load of goods NAV be transported in one carriage
without regard to any other circumstance But
ths is acting in direct opposition to the best es
tablished principles of mechanics, OF economy
and of common sense "1he parts OF large me
chanics must be made so proportio ably thick,
because of the lergcnass of the size on which
they are constructed, that the very weight Of the
machine itself is load which not only subjects
the owner to great and unnecessary expense
in the purchase, but what is worse, obl5es him
to be at a great expense for horses to drag that
unnecessary load from place to place When
four or more horses are yoked 10 team. three
Of these horses must draw horizontally, and con-
seduently in manner inconsistent with their
mechanism.
"The immensely large wheels Of wagons, also
add exceedingly to the draught OF the horses,
because wagon from the slowness Of its motion,
obliges the horses to overcome its us merttp ev-
cry moment they are drawing II. That is, it is
the same thing as putting it into state OF mo
ton from state of rest every moment
"The very great weight Of our western coin-
try wagons is well known Let any one then
reflect upon the great portion Of the horses'
strength which is spent in drawing the wagon,
besides the load which it contains and which
ought to be applied to support an increase Of the
Latter Why should not each horse draw his
own cartf There can be no doubt that four
horses with each properly constructed cart
will draw more and with more ease to themselves,
than when they are roked to ono wagon.
"A good horse will draw common load 5
cwt of goods, and travel farther in day than
our wagons, and over worse roads, whereas 10
OF II cwt Of burthen is as much fall the
share OF one wagon horse, his superior strength
being wasted on a cumhrous wheel
"fhe rough roads beyond the mountains NAV
probably prevent the adoption of the plan Of one
horse carts, but why could not each horse draw
ms own cart, from the farms in Lancaster county
"'The halter of one horse might be tied to the
cart which goes before it, and BY this means one
driver would have the whole as much at com
mand as if they were yoked in the chains Of .
wagon A horse has also the momentum Of hi.
draught increased by having portion of the
weight upon his back The expense Of turn
pike may be increased by the carts, but wouls
not the increased freight more than make up .
Dickson on Agriculture says in substance, thu
great superiority Of one horse carts is rendere,
very striking by the fact that two horses witt
single horse carts will draw much as thre
horses with one cart. A common carrier at Carl
Use who many years employeda wagon, has lii
it aside, and now uses single horse carts only q
he finds he can, by these means carry muc
greater weights.
We think the fore going observations may SUI
gest some useful hints to all who have occasic
to use wagons or carts. But there are circut
stances and cases to which single horse carts
wagons are not so we'll adapted as the commc