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at a distance, they should then, instead of baiting at 

 noon, come to the yard earlier in the evening, and 

 go out later in the morning. This is a practice 

 which cannot be too much recommended ; for so 

 warm a lodging is a great matter to young lambs, 

 and will tend much to forward their growth ; the 

 sheep will also be kept in good health ; and, what 

 is a point of consequence to all farms, the quan- 

 tity of dung raised will be very great. If this 

 method is pursued through the months of Decem- 

 ber, January, February, March, and April, with 

 plenty of litter, 100 sheep will make a dunghill of 

 at least fo loads of excellent stuff, which will amply 

 manure two acres of land ; whereas 100 sheep 

 folded (supposing the grass dry enough) will not in 

 that time equally manure one acre. 



It should be kept in mind, that this admirable 

 practice does not demand that the sheep should be 

 kept in large flocks, for the expence of forming 

 these yards is so small, that there may be many of 

 them on a farm, in order to prevent the disadvan- 

 tages of driving to a distance, and that of keeping 

 too many together in the same flock. I had six of 

 these yards for many years on my own farm, and 

 found the advantage of them very great. 



SHEEP IN ROUEN. 



Such ewes as have lambed before, and in this 

 month, should be drawn off from the flock, and 

 put into rouen in inclosed farms, to give early 

 lamb ; but this remark is not applicable to flock- 

 farms, 



