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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
sheep ; and where such exist, sheep will always retire to the 
lee side of them on the approach of boisterous or rainy 
weather 
Where gentlemen feed sheep in their parks, there is 
generally sufficient shelter ; but in the formation of new 
ones, we would especially recommend the introduction of a 
considerable proportion of spruce-firs, as better adapted for 
shelter both during snow and rain, owing to the thickness of 
their foliage. Dry knolls or rocky ground should always be 
preferred for planting clumps. 
In localities where foxes are plentiful, it becomes neces¬ 
sary to have folds or cots constructed for the protection of 
lambs during the night, where they should be driven with 
their dams by the shepherd at nightfall. There are various 
methods of constructing these, which, however, comes mort 
within the 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, whicn 
would cost too much money, besides occupying too great a 
space of ground. In the summer months, however, little 
