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EXPl11NSRS OPLABQUR, ETC. 193salt. He lS aUowed a garden, and his wife rears fowls. He is also allowedta smv a .septie1· ofpeaumellc;.e.answers.-The yearly expcnse of a day-labourer is ahout eightbùndred ffancs.Query?--Prices/~fplough, cart, harness, for oxen, harses, and mules-with aU that relatesto this hranch.of rustie management?A. answers.-Ploughs vary in priee according to their forms. Thepriee of an ox cart is from two hundred ta two hundred and fifty francs:that ofa three-ol' four-horse or mule cart is from three hundred tothreebundl'ed and fi~iy fralles.An ox cart weighs (empty) from fifteentEi>six+teenquintals:theborse eartfrom twenty ta twenty-four quintals.E. answers.--Oxharnessconsistsin a yoke and two straps to the horns:theyoke costs nine francs,rthe straps twelve. (Thus accoutred, the pair,&n.d the ploùgh hung upon one of their horns *, tbey sally out a-field.Here-·optat ephippi~ bos--invain.) Theploughready ta work is rated .ateighteen francs. A cart for four horses costs, when fully equipped, fivehundred francs..' Cart hm'uess for four costs two huudred francs. A four­'mule cart will convey ninety quintals.C. answers.-A wheel-plough costs sixtY francs; the harness seven:ffâbCS. Afour-hofse cart coststwo hùndred francs. A cart numbered Beal'ries twenty quiptals for each borset; a common cart carrîêsthirtyquintals, with fOUf harses. Acommonplough weighs . about sixtYpQul1ds~*" ft has boon mentioned" the ploughgoes out to the tie1d,hung on t~e ox's h()rns: very~xceJle~twork is $een performed by the instrument, cut out ofthestump of a tree; one branch left for a haudle,ànd the butt forsock andshare;withouthavillg aidof carpenter orsmith,called in to its fabrica­;tion.t Thewheelof the present vehiele is ten feet high. The high wheel basbeenin use about twelvey.ears .. On their adoption they bore the name "à lal$-fpr~b1'ouk:"theirsuperiorutility 1190ubrougl:1tVOL. Ir.2 c