594 Ir. Plowman's Improved Skeepfold.[April,

Self without any assiStance. In heavy gales of wind it fre- quentiy happens that hurdles are blown down, and the Sheep, of course, being at liberty to range over the crops, do incaleu- Jable mischief; which cannot bappen with my fold.

In Some counties in England, where hogs are folded, great difficulties are experienced ſor want of stowage, for them to feed off winter tares,&c.&c. as they roof up every stake or burdie; and having tried the experiment, I am certain my my fold will keep them in, and defy their attempts to dis- place it.

I have inelosed a drawing, which you will find to corres- pond with the model, and a description, by which you will See what an astonishing quantity of time is Saved, when a man can remove a fold to contain 300 Sheep in five minutes, which, by the old method, frequently takes Some hours to accomplish.

1 have also enclosed a certificate of gentlemen, who are now using folds from my model; and I have the honour to add the testimony of his Grace the Duke of Bedford in its favour, för whom I haye a Sheepfold now making.

H this fold Should appear to the Society to possess the merit which I think it does, 1 Shall be happy to receive any honorary mark of distinction they may please to confer on,

Sir, your very obedient Servant, THOMAS PLOWMAN. Broome, Norfolk, March 928, 1804.

CHARLES TAYLOR, Esq.

Description of a Sheepfold invented by Mr. Thomas Plowman, of Broome, in Norfolk, which one man may Temove with ease in five minutes, though large enough to hold 300 Sheep. Fig. 1. Twenty-one feet long, and three feet eleven inches

high, composed of a top rail.

A. Three inches deep and two inches thick.

B. The upper bar, ihree inches deep, and three-quarterz 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.

DD DD. Which uprights are oak, three inches by two inches.

E. The lower bar, three inches by three.

F. An upright bar, with the horizontal bars halved into It.

G G. Two oak uprights, three by two inches,

Lig. 11. Shows the oak uprights GG.