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horſe carts. By long uſage theſe men became very dexte- rous in the arts of loading and tranſporting goods. The moſt expert of them have long given the preference to carts drawn by one horſe. They have no difliculty to draw, upon a fingle horſe cart, from Borrowſounneſs to Glaſgow, (2 diſtance exceeding 309 miles, and the road not good), from 20 to 35 ewt. Their ſyſtem ſeems to be to uſe none but old ſeaſoned horſes; they feed them extremely high*, and do not reckon that they can work a horſe, at that rate, longer than two years.„So expert are theſe carters, in'the tranſ- port of all manner of goods, that a great iron-work Com- "pany which formerly made uſe of waggons, and waggon- ways, to wheel their coals and other heavy articles upon, have now entirely laid aſide the uſe of waggon-ways, and em- ploy theſe carters, who, it is belieyed, tranſport goods at 2 much lower rate than that by which the Company was for- merly ſerved. The roads through which they travel are ſometimes very deep; and horſes not accuſtomed to them find great: difficulties in making their way; but theſe Fal- kirk carters, who have been long 2accuſtomed to the buſi- neß, eaſily: puſh through them; and they have ſerved the Company ſo many years, that no one doubts the trade be- ing a profitable one.:

Skdges. All over this country, and eſpecially in the Carſe, a ſmall ſledge, drawn by one horſe, was the only carriage uſed for harveſting the crop, and for other pur- boſes: the load was extremely ſmall. This ancient and ſimple machine, being very cheap, and eafily mounted, is Ml! in vſe among ſmall farmers, principally in the billy farms.

Rollers of ſeveral ſorts are uſed upon graßs-lands after bar- ley ſowing; and to reduce ſummer fallow in a dry ſeaſon. F Some

X They are principally fed with beans of the beit quality, at the rate do? half a buſhel in 24 hours; with 3 ſmall quantity of hay, not more than 8 1b;