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ON INCLOSING LAND

compare such facts as may have occurred to himself on thesubject, with the foregoing observations.

SECT. VII.

OE THE PKOPEIt MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED, IN THE INCLO-SURE OF LAND.

Having considered the propriety and advantage of inclo-sure, an equal degree of attention is necessary in regard tothe means to be employed for accomplishing that end, byexecuting with propriety the plan which has been adopted,after due deliberation on all the purposes it is meant to serve.

Mountain sheep require stone-walls for their confinement,at least five feet high, and built on a good plan. The mate-rials for these are not always easy to be found ; and some-times the stones that can be had crumble down under theinfluence of the atmosphere, when the expence and labour isnot only lost, but the soil becomes covered with rubbish.But, on most sheep-farms, an ordinary degree of activesearch and intelligent observation will lead to the discoveryof excellent materials in abundance; and on all farms itwould be an obvious and important improvement to clearthe surface from stones, and to raise and remove such asobstruct the operations of husbandry.

Fences being provided, shelter ought to be the next objectof attention in the planning and execution of inclosures j and,especially on sheep-farms of considerable extent, to secureprotection from the extremes both of heat and cold, nothingis so effectual as plantations. In arranging the fences for theinclosure of fields, either for cultivation or pasture, it is al-most always possible so to adapt them as, at the same time,to secure the crops, to cpnfine the live-stock, and to afford