MR. PLOWMAN^S SHEEP-FOLD, 193 



two laft ; which renders folding almofl impracticable, as Saving of 

 they never can be fet without great labour and deftruction of ^ ,cs » an 

 hurdles. He is alfo clearly of ©pinion, that the (lock of (heep 

 Will be greatly increafed when this method of folding becomes 

 more known ; and that it will enable many fmall farmers to 

 keep from 50 to 100 fheep, who now are deterred from it, greater profit Ira 

 on account of the (mall quantity of feed they have, not an- jceepingflxee*. 

 fwering to keep a man for that purpofe only ; but by this plan, 

 they may keep a boy at 3s. or 3s. 6d. per week, who can at- 

 tend on 100 or 200 (heep, and move the fold himfelf without 

 any affiflance. In heavy gales of wind it frequently happens It is eafily 

 that hurdles are blown down, and the ftieep, of courfe, being r, a b!etobeblov.n 

 at liberty to range over the crops, do incalculable mifchiefj down j 

 which cannot happen with this fold. 



In fome counties in England, where hogs arc folded, great refills hogs, 

 difficulties are experienced for want of do wage, for them to 

 feed off winter tares, &c. &c. as they root up every flake or 

 hurdle; but from having tried the experiment, the inventor is 

 certain his fold will keep them in, and defies their attempts 

 to difplace it. 



From this drawing, which correfponds with the model, and 

 from the defcription, it is feen that an aflonifhing quantity of 

 time is faved ; for one man can remove a fold to contain 300 

 (heep with eafe in five minutes, which, by the old method, 

 frequently takes fome hours to accomplith. 



Certificates of gentlemen, who ufe thefe new folds, were 

 fent to the fociety, among whom is that of his Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford. 



When the fold is wanted to be ufed on very hilly ground, Method of plac- 



it is beft to begin at the top, and work it down to the bottom, Ing it , onhllI J r 



. grounds. 



for the eafe of removing it, and then draw it up again with a 



horfe. This, however, the inventor has never had occafion. 



to do ; for the land in his county is ploughed in a contrary 



direction, and the fold is worked in the fame courfe as the 



ridges. By this mean, the inconvenience is avoided of crofs- 



ing the furrows, and they are alfo a guide to keep the fold in. 



a (traight direction. 



With refpecl to the flieep getting under, he does not re- 

 coiled that circum (lance to have ever happened, nor does he 

 conceive that any land, which is cultivated can be lb uneven 

 as to admit of it. 



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