Mr. Plowman’s Sheep-Fold. 367 
were sent to the society, among whom is that of his grace 
the duke of Bedford. 
When the fold is wanted to be used on very hilly 
ground, it is best to begin at the top, and work it down 
to the bottom, for the ease of removing it, and then draw 
it up again with a horse. This, however, the inventor 
has never had occasion to do ; for the land in his county 
is ploughed in a contrary direction, and the fold is work- 
ed in the same course as the ridges. By this mean, the 
inconvenience is avoided of crossing the furrows, and 
they are also a guide to keep the fold in a straight di- 
rection. 
With respect to the sheep getting under, he does not 
recollect that circumstance to have ever happened, nor 
does he conceive that any land, which is cultivated can 
be so uneven as to admit of it. 
Description of the Sheepfold . 
Plate 11, tig. 3. Shows one division or part of this 
fence twenty-one feet long, and three feet eleven inches 
high, composed of the following parts : 
A. A top rail three inches deep and two inches thick. 
B. The upper bar, three inches deep, and three-quarters 
inch thick. CC, The two lower bars, four inches by 
three-quarters of an inch, which, with the upper bar, are 
morticed through the uprights. DDDD, Which uprights 
are oak, three inches by two inches. E, the lower bar, 
three inches by three. F. An upright bar, with the hori- 
zontal bars halved into it. GG, two oak uprights, three 
by two inches. 
Fig. 1. Shows the oak uprights GGr. II, The axle- 
tree, three inches by three, and three feet between the 
wheels. I, An oak knee, which connects the uprights 
GG with the axletree, by means of two screws and 
nuts. 
