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and sheltered from the wind. To give the dog shel- 

 ter, it is proper to put before the entrance of his ken- 

 nel a piece of board, as high as the body of the dog, 

 when lying down ; in raising his head, he will see 

 over the board, and will jump upon it, in going in 

 and out of his kennel. If you have many dogs, the 

 kennel must be proportionably larger. 



Q. How are sheep led to pasture, when folded in 

 the fields ? 



A. They are driven to pasture, morning and even- 

 ing, and put in the shed at mid-day, to keep them 

 from the heat of the sun. 



Q. How much time is necessary to manure an 

 acre of land, of thirty-four square perches ? 



A. That depends on the number of sheep, and on 

 the season of folding them. A sheep can manure at 

 one folding the space of ten square feet. Three 

 hundred sheep will manure three thousand square 

 feet in one folding, and thirty thousand i ten; which 

 is nearly the space of an acre : when three foldings 

 are made in one night, three hundred sheep will, in 

 three or four days only, manure an acre of land. Ac- 

 cording to the same calculation, two hundred and 

 seventy sheep will manure an acre of ground in 

 twelve foldings ; two hundred sheep in seventeen 

 foldings, and an hundred sheep in thirty-two, &c. 



Q. What is the least number of sheep, which can 

 be folded ? 



A. A very few in number may be folded, but 

 much time would be required to manure a field ; 

 and perhaps it might not be worth the trouble : it is 



