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the folding is continued on them, the more they will 

 produce. In dry weather the sheep may be left two or 

 three nights in the same place ; but in wet weather, 

 you must change it every day, because the dung of 

 the evening, not being dried, would dirty the sheep. 



Q. On what sort of artificial meadows has the 

 folding been tried ? 



A. It has produced an excellent effect upon mead- 

 ows of lucern, trefoil, quitch grass, ray grass, sheep 

 grass, * burnet and woad ; but in saintfoin meadows 

 this plant has been known to die in places where 

 sheep had been folded : on the contrary, quitch 

 grass and ray grass, on which they had been folded 

 in the month of October or November, became vig- 

 orous enough to preserve their verdure during win- 

 ter ; notwithstanding the plants of the same kind, on 

 which sheep had not been folded, grew yellow from 

 the frost. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



ON THE REMEDIES, WHICH ARE MOST NECESSARY FOR 

 SHEEP. 



Q. /WHAT are the most necessary remedies for 

 them ? 



A. Bleeding, and an ointment for the itch or scab. 

 Q. On what part of the body are sheep bled ? 

 A. Sheep are bled on the forehead, above and 



* Festuca ovina, L. 



