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tcrwards makes an admirable fold - yard for 

 calves or yearling cattle. 



XI. Fold-Yards — provincially, "par-yards'* 

 iii general, are warm and fnug: the outer fence is 

 moftly " battoned ;" namely, made with pofts, 

 and three -or four wide ftrong rails, or " bat- 

 tons;" an inch to one inch and a half thick, 

 and eight or nine inches wide ; the lower ones 

 being placed clofe enough for an effedtual fence 

 againft fwine, Thefe in autumn are fometimes 

 lined with tall thorn-faggots, efpeciaUy on the 

 bleaker (ides. The area is parted into feparate 

 yards with common pofls and rails, to which 

 fimilar faggots (provincially, '* kidds") arc 

 faftened : this, at a fmall expence, keeps the 

 different fpecies of ftock feparate, and renders 

 their apartments comfortable. 



XII. DiiiNKiNG-piTS, notwithftanding the 

 abforbency of the Norfolk foil, are common to 

 moft farm-yards. It feems probable that they 

 have, formerly, been made by art, and with 

 much judgment ; as in general they retain the 

 water very perfectly. At prefent, however, the 

 artj if known, is out of ufe ; indeed the rivu- 



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