| Size. | lb. | oz. | ||||
| Weight | { 1st | } (not including the weight of nails) | 7 | 0¼ | ||
| of | { 2nd | } | do. | do. | 6 | 4½ |
| set. | { 3rd | } | do. | do. | 4 | 8½ |
| { Mules | } | do. | do. | 2 | 14 | |
NAILS.
LENGTH, WEIGHT, NUMBER, ETC.
| 1st size. | { No. of nails* | 8 | 9 | 10 } | 5½ oz. | } |
| Largest. | { No. of each required | 16 | 8 | 8 } | } | |
| } Weight | ||||||
| 2nd size. | { No. of nails* | 7 | 8 | 9 } | 4½ oz. | } of set. |
| { No. of each required | 8 | 12 | 12 } | } | ||
| } 32 Nails. | ||||||
| 3rd size. | { No. of nails* | 5 | 6 | 7 } | 3½ oz. | } |
| { No. of each required | 8 | 8 | 16 } | } |
| No. of Nails. | Length of Nails. | Weight of 1000 Nails. | |
| 188 | 2¾ | inches. | 10 lb. |
| 187 | 2½ | — | 9 — |
| 186 | 2⅜ | — | 8 — |
| 185 | 2¼ | — | 7 — |
| 184 | 2⅛ | — | 6 — |
| 183 | 2 | — | 5 — |
*Note.—These several nails are known by farriers according to their No.—viz., when they say shoes require nails, Nos. 8, 9, 10, this implies nails of 8, 9, and 10 pounds per thousand nails.
FORAGE.
Method observed in carrying one day’s forage.
Non-commissioned Officers, and Trumpeters.—One feed of oats in the nose bag, and buckled to the near-ring of the saddle. Three feeds in the corn bag, and carried across the saddle. Twelve pounds of hay twisted, and rolled up into two bundles, each nine inches long, carried at the ends of the kitt, and made fast with the forage cord, one end to pass in front, and the other in the rear of the kitt, making it fast by two hitches.
Drivers.—One feed of oats for each horse, carried in the nose-bags, and made fast to the rear staples of the off-horses’ saddles. Three feeds for each horse (six feeds) in the corn bag, carried across the saddle of the near horse. The hay is twisted and rolled up into two bundles of twelve pounds, each eighteen inches long; carried on the off-horse at the ends of the kitt; the end of one forage cord passing in front of the kitt, the end of the other forage cord passing in rear of the kitt, both ends being made fast by two half hitches.