CHAPTER XXII 



FOLDING BY MOVABLE FENCES AND 

 MOVABLE SHEDS 



One of the great economies in connection with the 

 system of continuous cropping results from the possi- 

 bility of consuming a large amount of the food in the 

 fields where grown. Economy in this direction is not 

 very pronounced in the case of the twenty-acre farmer, 

 because of necessity the distance between the fields and 

 the buildings is not very great. Nevertheless, even on 

 such a small farm there is no use in performing un- 

 necessary labour. Therefore, in the case of both 

 summer and winter soiling crops, wherever practicable, 

 the feeding should take place on the field. 



At the same time, if a real saving of labour is to be 

 made, there is room for the exercise of considerable 

 ingenuity on the part of the farmer in using the 

 movable folds and fences, necessary for consuming 

 crops on the land. As the system is practised in some 

 districts, there is really more trouble taken in shifting 

 the folding and fencing material than there would be 

 in carting the crops home and the manure back. 



No hard-and-fast rule can be laid down as to the best 

 system of folding. This must be varied according to 

 circumstances. In this chapter, however, I intend to 

 describe the best methods and to point out as clearly 

 as possible the conditions under which each is most 

 effective 



LEAP-FROG FOLDING 



This system is the most economical one for the 

 folding of sheep, pigs, and young stock. Briefly, a 

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