. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. APPENDIX 243 ferent road surfaces and according to the width of the tire and the height of the wheels. The draught on hard, level dirt roads with high-wheeled wagons was found by test to be 69 lbs. per ton of load. How many tons could two 1,500 lb. horses draw steadily on such roads if the pulling power of each horse was 1/10 of his weight? Ans. — tons. 8. The draught of the same wagon on gravel roads with one inch of sand on top was 85 lbs. per ton of load. How many tons could the same team draw steadily over such roads pulling as in Exercise 5? Ans.
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. APPENDIX 243 ferent road surfaces and according to the width of the tire and the height of the wheels. The draught on hard, level dirt roads with high-wheeled wagons was found by test to be 69 lbs. per ton of load. How many tons could two 1,500 lb. horses draw steadily on such roads if the pulling power of each horse was 1/10 of his weight? Ans. — tons. 8. The draught of the same wagon on gravel roads with one inch of sand on top was 85 lbs. per ton of load. How many tons could the same team draw steadily over such roads pulling as in Exercise 5? Ans.— tons. 9. The draught of the same wagon on wet sod land was 170 lbs. per ton load. How much could the same team, pulling as in above exercise, draw over such ground? Ans.— tons. 10. Copy the drawings below. Examine horses until you find the wide and the narrow Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nida, William Lewis. Chicago, A. Flanagan Company
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