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Mr. Plowmans Sheep-Fold . 
fir wood. The stiles, four inches wide by half an inch 
thick ; the middle upright stile to be of the same width. 
It should have angle pieces within the corners, to keep 
them firm. 
Fig. 2 . Shows a side of another frame, where much 
larger dimensions are required ; it should then have two 
upright stiles, and a middle longitudinal stile, all within 
the frame, and angle pieces at the corners. If it is made 
of mahogany, instead of deal, the stiles may be reduced 
nearly one-fourth in breadth and thickness ; the wood, in 
either case, should be well seasoned, that it may not be 
liable to warp. 
No. 71. 
Account of an improved Sheep-Fold , contrived and con- 
structed by Thomas Plowman, Esquire.* 
(With an engraving.) 
THE model of Mr. Plowman’s Sheepfold was for 
warded to the Secretary of the Society of Arts last year 
with a letter describing its properties and construction. 
It is made on an improved and very simple principle, 
combining many advantages over the old and expensive 
method of folding by hurdles ; and as the whole fold can 
be removed with ease at all times, it is found peculiarly 
useful in feeding off turnips on the land in frosty weather, 
when hurdles cannot be used ; and, as the saving of la- 
bour in agriculture is a leading object, he has no doubt of 
seeing it, in a very few years, generally adopted. 
The expense, in the first instance, will exceed that of 
hurdles, for the same given quantity of sheep ; but having 
* Nicholson 3 voi. 12, p. 192. From the Transactions of the Society for the En- 
couragement of JLrts s c.=— The Society awarded the gold medal to him for this 
useful improvement. 
