116. ON THE FOLDING OF SHEEP. 



Q. Can wool be so packed, as to give no dread of 

 moths ? 



A. The winged moths cannot penetrate paper ; 

 so that wool is secure in a well-enclosed roll or sack 

 of paper. But moths pass between the threads of 

 linen, by separating them, and forming a small round 

 hole, without cutting it. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



ON THE FOLDING OF SHEEP, 



Q. WHAT is the folding of sheep ? 



A. It is that period of time, when sheep are put 

 upon different pieces of land, for the purpose of fer- 

 tilizing them with the dung and urine of the flock. 



Q. How are sheep folded ? 



A. They are enclosed within a fence, made of hur- 

 dles, which is called a pen, or sheep-fold. This en- 

 closure retains the sheep within a space of ground, 

 that they can fertilize in a given time, and stops 

 wolves. The shepherd lodges near the fold in a 

 cabin to guard it : the dog also goes round it, in 

 order to drive away the wolves. 



Q. How ought the hurdles of a pen or sheep-fold 

 to be made ? 



A. They should be made from four feet and an 

 half to five feet high, and seven, eight, nine, or ten 

 feet long, if they should not prove too heavy ; for it is 

 proper that the shepherd should be able to carry them 

 easily : they are made from the small branches of the 

 hazle tree,* or other light, flexible wood, interwoven 



* Corylus Sylv^ica. 



