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Iambs, he has not a doubf, and that considerably ; they do 

 not bring so high a price as others not folded— this' is not 

 opinion, but fait. The ewes are also in doubly better con- 

 dition from lying still and quiet. That the tmth will, in 

 certain cases, be unequally given, he does not deny ; but 

 it is not difficult to remedy this by the dung-cnrt; to fold a 

 lot in its own lay, is also a remedy, and is the only sort 

 of folding he can approve. Where there are downs, 

 heaths, or commons, the case is different; there folding 

 may be necessary without question. In regard to the ef- 

 fedl on wool, Mr. Hill is clearly of opinion, that fold- 

 ing does not render it finer — it makes the fleece Hghter, 

 but never finer. 



Folding is generally given up by all who have South 

 Downs ; not because they will not bear it, for thev bear 

 it better than any sheep in the island, but because the stock 

 is "SO valuable, that it is worth the farmer's attention to 

 contrive, by every means, to keep as many as possible. 



One circumstance, though a small one, deserves mention- 

 ing, for the use of those who form separating sheep-pens : 

 Mr. Hill's, at Waterden, have sliding-gates from one to 

 the other, he rcmaiked, tliat when a pen is full of sheep, 

 the gate cannot be opened with convenience ; but by their 

 sliding in the fence, this is avoided. 



Mr. England, ofBinham, does not fold, conceiving 

 it to be merely robbing Peter to pay Paul. When not 

 folded, sheep do with less food, and as to the common ob- 

 jeflion, of their drawing under hedges for shelter, in 

 storms, &c. so much the better; it is what they ought 

 not to be prevented from doing. The tnthe is much more 

 than lost in mutton. 



■ Mr. Reeve, of Wighton, never folds: folding from 

 layers, upon fallow, is only robbing one field to enrich 

 another. He is clear in this point ; and also in the fa6l:, 



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