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sheep ; and where such exist, sheep will always retire to the 

 lee side of them on the approach of boisterous or rainj 

 weather, 



Where gentlemen feed sheep in their parks, there is 

 generally sufl&cient shelter ; but in the formation of new 

 ones, we would especially recommend the introduction of a 

 considerable proportion of spruce-firs, as better adapted for 

 shelter both during snow and rain, owing to the thickness of 

 their foliage. Dry knolls or rocky ground should always be 

 preferred for planting clumps. 



In localities where foxes are plentiful, it becomes neces- 

 sary to have folds or cots constructed for the protection of 

 lambs during the night, where they should be driven with 

 their dams by the shepherd at nightfall. There are various 

 methods of constructing these, which, however, comes more 

 within the province of a work devoted to agriculture, than 

 one on farriery. There is one, however, of a very simple 

 and cheap construction, invented by Mr. Plowman, of 

 Broome, Norfolk, which we may notice. This is twenty- 

 one feet long, and three feet eleven inches high, composed 

 of a top rail, with bars below passed through uprights. 

 These have low cast-iron wheels below, on which they move 

 strongly, but so lightly constructed that a boy may remove 

 them from one place to another. It saves much time 

 besides, for it can be changed from one locality to another in 

 a few minutes ; that is a fold which can contain at least 

 three hundred sheep. 



EFFECTS OF RAIK 



It is almost impossible to shelter large flocks during 

 rainy weather, unless very large sheds were erected, which 

 would cost too much money, besides occupying too great a 

 space of ground. In the summer months, however, little 



