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province of a work devoted to agriculture, than one 

 on farriery. There is one, however, of a very simple 

 and cheap construction, invented by Mr Plowman, of 

 Broome, Norfolk, which we may notice. This is 

 twenty-one feet long, and three feet eleven inches 

 high, composed of a top rail, with bars below passed 

 through uprights. These have low cast-iron wheels 

 below, on which they move strongly, but so lightly 

 constructed that a boy may remove them from one 

 place to another. It saves much time besides, for 

 it can be changed from one locality to another in a 

 few minutes ; that is a fold which can contain at least 

 three hundred sheep. 



EFFECTS OF RAIN. 



It is almost impossible to shelter large flocks 

 during rainy weather, unless very large sheds were 

 erected, which would cost too much money, besides 

 occupying too great a space of ground. In the 

 summer months, however, little danger is to be appre- 

 hended from sheep being long exposed to rain. But 

 in winter, weak sheep are very liable to be affected 

 by their fleece getting drenched with rain, without 

 an opportunity of drying themselves. When such, 

 however, is the case, they must be taken into a barn, 

 or shed, to enable them to get dry, otherwise disease 

 is sure to be induced. 



HEAT AND FLIES. 



In low and flat localities without shelter, sheep 

 are frequently subjected to the oppressive heat of the 

 sun, and likewise to the attacks of flies and various 

 other tormenting insects, and even when they have 

 shelter in flats, still they are not free from these 

 pests. It is very common for these insects to deposit 



