126 ON THZ FOLDING OF SHEEP. 



Q. Can one become acquainted with the lands, 

 which would produce every year without fallowing, 

 and know how much folding would be necessary 

 sufficiently to manure them ? 



A. The guide of experience alone is secure : it is 

 proper to make experiments upon a small piece of 

 ground. Each farmer might hope to find, almost 

 without expense, a better method of managing his 

 land, than is practised in the neighbourhood : soils 

 are very different from one another, and each requires 

 a particular culture : this object is of sufficient im- 

 portance to claim the attention of farmers, and men of 

 landed property. 



Q. Is folding good for pasture land ? 



A. Excellent ; \ but it would be hurtful to sheep 

 on wet soils : no risk is run on dry pastures, and 

 they render them fruitful. By this means abundant 

 crops of hay may be had on hilly land, when, without 

 folding, there would not be grass enough for mowing. 



Q. What proof is there of this effect from folding ? 



A. Artificial 'grasses have been produced in the 

 department of Cote d'or, near the town of Montbard, 

 upon hilly land, where without folding there would 

 not have been grass enough to mow. In fact, there 

 was none in some small places, which had remained 

 without being folded. These pastures have produc- 

 ed as much hay, and sometimes more, than a natural 

 meadow at the bottom of the hilly ground, on the 

 banks of the river Brenne. 



Q. How should the meadows be folded ? 



A, They cannot be too much folded : the longer 



