CONTENTS 



PART I HISTORY OF SHEEP RAISING AND OF SHEEP BREEDING 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHEEP RAISING IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES 3 

 II. PRESENT TYPES OF SHEEP RAISING IN LEADING SHEEP 



COUNTRIES 20 



III. PROBLEMS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF SHEEP 27 



IV. METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT 37 



PART II STRUCTURE AND JUDGING 



V. STRUCTURE OF THE SHEEP 45 



VI. THE NATURE OF SHEEP 59 



VII. TYPES 70 



VIII. JUDGING SHEEP 82 



PART III BREEDS 



IX. THE MUTTON BREEDS 99 



X. THE SOUTHDOWN 102 



XI. THE SHROPSHIRE 110 



XII. THE HAMPSHIRE 122 



XIII. THE OXFORD DOWN 132 



XIV. THE SUFFOLK 137 



XV. THE DORSET HORN 140 



XVI. THE CHEVIOT 145 



XVII. THE LEICESTER 150 



XVIII. THE COTSWOLD 156 



XIX. THE LINCOLN 161 



XX. THE ROMNEY MARSH 164 



XXI. BRITISH BREEDS NOT WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED 



STATES 168 



XXII. THE CORRIEDALE 180 



XXIII. THE AMERICAN TUNIS 184 



XXIV. BREEDS OF THE WOOL TYPE 188 



XXV. THE AMERICAN MERINO 190 



XXVI. THE DELAINE MERINO 200 



XXVII. THE RAMBOUILLET 203 



XXVIII. THE KARAKUL (A FUR-BEARING BREED) 212 



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