Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1868 — Carts for Farm Work. [ARTICLE]

Carts for Farm Work.

An oxen are rarely aged in the Went, carts are seldom found on any of our farms; but for many purposes a good sub-, •aijtflj <>; 5 prererrcu to a wagon. I here is much less friction produced a JWH»y r*F<>hittyij of txvfo wheels than of four, especially where UTKirtWßtecatritttu the soil, athey do?on our prairies. The siiflViioftce' m furor of t bt> Part, Jis compared with the wagon, according to experiments made France, is fttreaSt one-third. roitsidefubh greater than this, where the orwil or uneven ■ «>r Vehicles hare to pass j _ «yem» totally mq»nq>fti'ed surface, as ai stubble, yr plowed as a matter of course, au iudisnensibk* article to the farmer. \Vftt in most of *•*4' takes it to market," and ih it, also; he takes his fonv t«ibymeeting, when the l-oads are in bad condition. But there things for which the dump cart is much better adapattfltooSf. is better to haul wood, or fencing, and infin ifeJy’Lotter For hauling out manure; The labor of unloading IMMk}. articles is fully equal to that of loading , All this is saved bv the dafayi wit - /Vr* - '__ * The faun cart should be strongly and substantially "made, and have large wheels tfide rims, Such w heels will pass over a mowing field, little injury to thfe can be driven across filihowa. with comparatively lit.putlny of strength. They "the wngorT box, which .should never be in the unsightwe often see it in been used for haul It can receive iiiMDdur;£tiuKi]«.ihftn the wagon, with less injury, as when we use if fm*., drawing, stones or wood. It is also very useful potatoes, as it <<mk Lekutetiup, when we wish to luUoad them, and the potato wijl toll out of their own the basket. There mjght said in favor of the ouiy tiud. convenience; but we that if a farmer will lint ft good carton his premises, it wvm not be long before it will speak for itself.— I*r<ji riv Fur-