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Mr. Plowman 3 s Sheep-Fold. 
had one in use nearly three years, he is satisfied the sav- 
ing will be very considerable : for, before he adopted this 
method of folding, he lost from thirty to forty nights fold- 
ing in the year, owing to the land being hard in dry sea- 
sons, such as the two last ; which renders folding almost 
impracticable, as they never can be set without great la- 
bour and destruction of hurdles. He is also clearly of 
opinion, that the stock of sheep will be greatly increased 
when this method of folding becomes more known ; and 
that it will enable many small farmers to keep from fifty 
to one hundred sheep, who now are deterred from it, on 
account of the small quantity of feed they have, not an- 
swering to keep a man for that purpose only; but by this 
plan, they may keep a boy at three shillings or three shil- 
lings and sixpence per week, who can attend on one or 
two hundred sheep, and move the fold himself without 
any assistance. In heavy gales of wind it frequently 
happens that hurdles are blown down, and the sheep, 
of course, being at liberty to range over the crops, 
do incalculable mischief ; which cannot happen with this 
fold. 
Tn some counties in England, where hogs are folded, 
great difficulties are experienced for want of stowage, for 
them to feed off winter tares, &c. as they root up every 
stake or hurdle ; but from having tried the experiment, 
the inventor is certain his fold will keep them in, and de- 
fies their attempts to displace it. 
From this drawing, which corresponds with the model, 
and from the description, it is seen that an astonishing 
quantity of time is saved; for one man can remove a fold 
to contain three hundred sheep with ease in five minutes, 
which, by the old method, frequently takes some hours 
to accomplish. 
Certificates of gentlemen, who use these new folds, 
