Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-01-02
From the N. y. ErangeEsf.
Wagons and Carts.

Wagons and Carts. |
A farmer ia England, named Edward
u Laddington, has produced prize essay
on the puraiive merits Of wagons and
carts, which should arrest the attention Of
our farmers; for il he is right, our farmers.
in general, are wrong. After five years.
experience with wagons. and nearly the
same with one.h0rse carts, on farm of
one hundred and seventy acres Of araLle,
and eighty acres of pasture, he came TO
the conclusion that the carts were OF The
greatest advantage. As our farmers all
use wagons, let them pay some attention
10 his statement. lie says, al have no
light plowins land, ror have ! more than
twenty or thirty acres OF very heavy land.
will. therefore, relate my actual exrer-
fence. Ia the employment Of wagons and
the old broad-w heeled dung carts, re-
quired one cart, and three horses 10 every
fifty acres of arabic land. also kept
light cart for general purposes. Nov that
| am employing caIis, ] find iha, &c,
through my work much more easily with
two horses and lwo c, r!s to fifty acres"
In The calculation OF items, his saving
wus nearly four dollars 10 the cultivation
! OF one acre in The year. Again he says,
" |, is admitted that one horse, attached
10 given weight, will move ii more easily
! than two horses attached To double that
weight. This arises no, only from the
advantage gained by having all The power
OF jraught close Ia lhe work, but also, all
applied at the same moment, which is al
most impossible ~he,etwo or more horses,
having different wills and steps, are a.
iached 10 the ~eienr; and 10. ,h-, --...o
reason, one horse will travel more quickly
When cart is filled, there is no delay
in attaching The lrace-hor>es, during " hich
epe ration The one horse would be two hun.
Gred yards on the road. know this
might be d,ne more quickly by having
n.cn ready 10 change lie horses, as is he
practice Of opposition coaches; but ! am
speaking Of the n,a,ter-of fact work., o!
the $, STEM. Then again, when The Iond
is deposited, the one horse turns in much
less time than the two nr three, These
facts are too self,v dent TO sdmi, Of con.
.radict:oa; indeed, believe The economy
of cnriiny manure in one horse carts is
generally allowed but this employmen,
Of them in harvesting 10 much "becled To-
In this respect, however. ! find them
equally cxIediiious ard economical. Ny
! actual experience is, that three carts, with
:ie harvest iren.fs alluch.d, will ccnve,
as much hay or corn IN the straw as two
= Wagons, and that Ihry are bound with the
roirs n tha same time then no time is
los. in binding. They are easier loaded
ih" 'hh" RUIN, anu Got more u'iHcuil
To unload; and all the advantages arc
gnined OF speed in travelling.
,.-----".,uu ~os nrsf urawn serious
ly TO The subject from hiring q man TO
draw scme stone for draining. lie came
with horse only fourteen hands high,
and small cart. when the work he ne.
comrli>hed so surprised ne. tia, at once
decided TO try two light carts. ~hi-h, after
succeeding wei! in all olher operations,
employed in The harvest field and being
fully satisfied with them IN this capacity,
! ! soon discarded every wagon from the
ilrn.'