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** as to unfold the wings of a butterfly, or expand 
“the petals of a carnation.” Where thefe re- 
quifites to animal perfection cannot be had, it is 
ufelefs to attempt breeding for beauty, 
But it may be afked, whether thofe requifites 
cannot be had, and warm fheltered fituations be 
found in Wiltfhire? 
Undoubtedly they may; but zot in a /heep-fold on 
Wilifbire bills; and particularly at that time of the 
year when the fold is almoft invaluable—* the fold 
** of ewes and lambs fora barley crop.” 
It can never be too often repeated, that fo long 
as South-Wiltfhire remains a corn country, the 
Joeep-fold mult be the /heet-anchor of its hufbandry; 
and until a new method can be found to manure 
its hill land, equally efficacious with the fheep- 
fold, breeding fheep, as a fcience, /olely for the beauty 
of the foape, can never be introduced with fuccefs 
into this diftriét. 
Error in horfes.—The pride or vanity of ftock 
has been almoft as hurtful to the farmers of this 
diftrict, in the article of horfes, as in fheep. 
In both inftances, the attention has been much 
more directed to get /arge rather than u/eful animals, 
Large heavy-heeled black horfes have long been 
the fafhion, and have almoft driven the {mart, 
active, and really ufeful horfes, out of the diftrict, 
I-ven the breeders of the North fay, they can never 
breed cart colts big enough to pleafe Wiltthire 
farmers, There 
