Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-03

$50 feel, Then Cat convenient times d secona
rance IF mari WAS uncovered 1910 IL leet woe,
for all which removed earth the pi's PrcslouSp
dug offered sutficientand convenient isc.p'ae.I
The third range of mari has been opeheu - ~
feet wide, and the next will De 10 'ee'' "''1"
more convenien, Than less @ia.h. ,..ro3 - ;,s
AS soon as space OF mari IS uncovered y 10
back line mex, the high land and It's sp!lhssJ
drain al or : inches wide, and as deeP i car
ried along 50 as TO cut OH and discharge iI.o .ne
last COMPLETED nil Tor into the slream) al .i.e
oozing water. For digging al one uil'e; pa, :
is taken The width ofthe range uncovered anu -
10 30 feel long. This space IS dug down perry"
dicularly 10 The bottom, in successive eouiee
and The mari is thrown by shovels 10 me 'oP u
IN. adiacen, high ground, whence II IS thrown in-
10 The cartsa A wall Of mari, OF u or 10 mems
thick is left between each pi' ana ,ne aa wi
range of older pits, before hed WIN eai'"' ~.
the bottom of each separate pit IS ieaoNe" - -
the wall is undermined, ana, WIN '"e ~ &c
il OF loose ard wet earth, soon 'u'iio'e. ~
much OF il is thrown ont as eau V I"s 80 ~
from he ear,b and water thus suffered 10 come IN
from The old digginss. linus Wy ''''-
mari is left nd co.., A, Cae,
The mari thus is thrown upward, from - leel
where highest, TO - feet, or more ior 'ne lowest
hes ides The lateral distance. ms heaSiest par
of Tho nj, work would be all avoided IN The gra-
dualed diprings; the loading being The same labor
in both cases. -,
NV haulino of mari had been commenced on
January 24;h. as soon as lhe mules, Whch hau
hsep much injured by The laoors OF "agohihs my
moveables to nv new residence, through 'he pau
weather and roads OF mid-Wlnler, were nj or
work. Two mules, with the necessary altehoani
hand force were set apart from Inc resi- lot man !
inc exclusively The better Of these Two mules
whose work will be particularly stated, lhou :I
then poor, was good ordinary one, worm Sou,
when in good order, al press pracsse ,e s up
done is' y, -, every working day, when wea.
iher did not forbid, from January "a 10 June Isl
and from June Oath to the present time; besides
some 6 or days Of other work, when marling
could not be done. The only interval Of necessa-
nv stoppaee for week, occurred after she was 10
good condition. in consequence OF slight injury
caused BY bad gear, and The aWkwardness OF a
new and very Young driver. This was in The
beginning OF the cessation OF field marlins work,
from June Isl 10 23d, during which time so much
rain fell, and there occurred such disasters to The
large nil, Then nearly al its greatest depth) that
very little hauling was done, and sill less plough
ing. Thus with The exception stated, (Which
was not required for, and added nothing 10 her
strength the work OF this mule 10 be slated i
but a portion of steady employment throughout
The year; and under which, and long ago. she has,
from being quite poor, become III excellent work
ing order.
The other regular cart mule was old and fee
bic, and quite loo slow Tor the plough, and there
fore was put 10 the marl-cari. Besides, 4 third
mule cart was used sometimes; and cart drawn
BY two oxen, Changed at noon, 50 that four oxen
were required) was generally employed, and
rarely, a wagon drawn by two carriage horses, or
by tour mules, when ploughng or other OF their
farm labors were not needed, This larger and ir-
regularly employed force will account for The va
rying quantities of work in addition TO that OF The
only regularly working animal.
The distances were accurately measured, eX-
cept for nconsiderable variations. The mule
cart bodies are hopper-shaped, very light, and
serve as measures of the loads required. The
teams came TO the stable TO be fed Cor changed) al
noon as well as night, which usually added much
to the Journeys from pit 10 field and back But
al such times loads were always taken 10, or on
the way TO the stable, so that little or no travel
was ost-or was done otherwise than in carrying
loads or returning Tor Them. Tasks were assign
ed 10 each mule cart II was not desired al any
tine that the entire days journey OF the best
mules Tin single cans) should exceed twenty-five
miles and when il was much more, il was by
mistake in The score kept al The pit, or other ef-
ror, afterwards ascerlained The wagon never
could make near as many loads as The single
mule carts, owing 10 the longer time required 10
put in and 10 discharge the loads. Of the 3 mule
carts, one driver was boy just now IS years old.
and the other Two, a boy and girl, both between
IL and l3
will now present the particular statement de-
signed, showing for an entire Job Of "a cOGSe6u-
tive working DAYS, The daily travel, and number
and amount of loads Of single mule, and also
The total quantity Of mari dug for and carried on,
by other and less regular teams, whose work,
though noted separately, il is not necessary 10
give more particularly in this abstract from the
fuller record in my farm journal. See the iol-
lowing Table
Illung by One Mule. ,,nrt