. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture; cbk. 472 BRITISH HUSBANDRY. [Ch. XXXIX. been arrangeil, at Burleigh, by llie Earl of Winchelsea, for the convenience of his tenants, is as complete as any in the kingdom : we, therefore, here insert the a. The pit for soakint^, 12 ftet lonj^, 8 feet wide, and 4 feet in depth. b. The channel where the sheep are washed, 12 feet long, 3 feet 4 inches wide, and 3 feet 6 inches deep. c. A place fur men to stand to wash the sheep over the parapet wall. <l. Stop-gate, to let off the wat
. British husbandry; exhibiting the farming practice in various parts of the United Kingdom. Agriculture; cbk. 472 BRITISH HUSBANDRY. [Ch. XXXIX. been arrangeil, at Burleigh, by llie Earl of Winchelsea, for the convenience of his tenants, is as complete as any in the kingdom : we, therefore, here insert the a. The pit for soakint^, 12 ftet lonj^, 8 feet wide, and 4 feet in depth. b. The channel where the sheep are washed, 12 feet long, 3 feet 4 inches wide, and 3 feet 6 inches deep. c. A place fur men to stand to wash the sheep over the parapet wall. <l. Stop-gate, to let off the water in case of floods, or when the pit i;eeds emptying. On each side of this stop-gate there are two holes, at two inches leUw top- water mark, to let off the waste water into the outlet drain. e. Parapet wall, 3 feet 9 inches in height. J". Stop-gate, level with top-water mark, so that when there is more water than will pass through the two holes before mentioned, at the sides of stop-gate (/, it runs over this gate. ffg. Along this dotted, line is a paved channel to take off the \\ater, which runs from the sheep at their landing, and conducts it into the outlet drain, so that it may not run into any part of the wash-dike again. h. The fold for the sheep, previous to their heing thruwn into the scaking-pit, jV. The sheep-folds. k. Outle; drain to lake off the waste water. /. House for the clothes of the men, implements, &c. &c. rn. Waste ground betwixt the river and the wash-dike. H. Breadth of water when held up by the stop-gates. o. Landing-place for the sheep after they have been washed. ppp. The course of the river. The operation of washing (that o? scoj/rins: being a subsequent process not expected from the wool-grower) is commonly performed thus :—About a score of the sheep, or as many as the ])en will contain, are first put in to soak the wool, and are thence put forward singly, by the man who poys the sheep, to two or three washers, each standing singly i
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