ON THE FOLDING OF SHEEP. 119 



ment of a shepherd to be folded. There are farmers, 

 who for wages will take charge of many small flocks, 

 and put them together, for the sake of folding them 

 upon their lands : others, each of whom having only 

 a small flock, unite them together, and have them 

 folded at a common expense upon the lands, which 

 belong to each, individually. 



Q. When we have only a small quantity of land, is 

 that a proper reason for not folding ? 



A. No, because it only requires the hurdles and 

 the shepherd's cabin to be oftener carted. This cart- 

 ing is a small expense, compared with that of carry- 

 ing out the manure, on ground, where sheep are not 

 folded. It requires a number of cart loads of dung 

 for an acre of land ; and a single load is sufficient to 

 transport the hurdles of a pen, and the shepherd's cab- 

 in attached to the tail of the cart. 



Q. In what manner does a shepherd make a pen ? 



A. He places himself at one corner of a field, and 

 measures, by paces, the space necessary to place the 

 hurdles on two sides of the fold, at the end, and on 

 the length of the field, and marks the point, where the 

 last hurdle should come, and then measures the other 

 two sides of the pen to form a square, making a 

 mark at the place, where these other two sides meet, 

 and sets the hurdles according to these lines : to 

 carry each hurdle, the shepherd passes the end of his 

 crook through the middle opening in the hurdle, leans 

 his back against it, and raises and carries it, by put- 

 ting the crook on his shoulder, and holding it fast 

 with both hands : the hurdles may be also carried by 



