. Elementary lessons in the physics of agriculture . ^^ \ > \ s s 1 y Where heavy loads are to be moved, like pulling stones or stumps, or hauling a load out of a rut or out of the mud, the second type of evener will always allow a matched team to pull a larger load, because the horse which hap- pens to be thrown behind, in attempting to start the load, is placed at a disadvantage and the other horse can only pull enough to hold his end against the one placed at a disadvantage. So, too, in doing heavy work, where one horse is naturally a little freer or stronger than the other, the tendency
. Elementary lessons in the physics of agriculture . ^^ \ > \ s s 1 y Where heavy loads are to be moved, like pulling stones or stumps, or hauling a load out of a rut or out of the mud, the second type of evener will always allow a matched team to pull a larger load, because the horse which hap- pens to be thrown behind, in attempting to start the load, is placed at a disadvantage and the other horse can only pull enough to hold his end against the one placed at a disadvantage. So, too, in doing heavy work, where one horse is naturally a little freer or stronger than the other, the tendency is always to throw more than half the work upon the slower or weaker horse. 31. *'Oiviiig One Horse the ;—The fre- quent practice, where the two horses of a team are not equally strong, of "giving one horse the advantage" is based upon the principle that the amomut of work done
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