CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



ITNE-WOOLED BREEDS OP SHEEP. 



The Spanish, French, Saxon, and Silesian Merinos, Page 13 



CHAPTER II. 



INTRODUCTION OF FINE-WOOLED SHEEP INTO THE UNITED 

 STATES. 



Early Importations of Spanish, French and Saxon Merinos, 22 



CHAPTER m. 



AMERICAN MERINOS ESTABLISHED AS A VARIETY. 



The Mixed Leonese or Jarvis Merinos The Infantado or Atwood 

 Merinos The Paular or Rich Merinos Other Merinos, 27 



CHAPTER IV. 



LATER IMPORTATIONS OF FINE - WOOLED SHEEP INTO THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



French and Silesian Merinos Introduced, 35 



CHAPTER V. 



BRITISH AND OTHER LONG AND MIDDLE - WOOLED SHEEP IN 

 THE UNITED STATES. 



Leicesters, Cotswolds, Lincolns, New Oxfordshires, Black -Faced 

 Scotch, Cheviot, Fat-Rumped, Broad - Tailed, Persian and 

 Chinese Sheep, 43 



CHAPTER VI. 



BRITISH SHORT - WOOLED SHEEP, ETC., IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The South Downs, Hampshire Downs, Shropshire Downs and 

 Oxfordshire Downs, 55 



