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CHAPTER I. The Effects of Domestication ... ... ... 4 



CHAPTER II. Long and Fine Woolled Sheep ... ... ... 10 



CHAPTER III. British Long- Woolled Sheep ... ... ... 17 



CHAPTER IV. -The Border Leicester ... ... ... ... 24 



CHAPTER V. Cotswolds ... ... ... ... .., 29 



CHAPTER VI. Middle- Woolled Sheep ... ... ... 41 



CHAPTER VII. The Improved Hampshire Downs ... ... 53 



CHAPTER VIII. Other Middle- Woolled Sheep ... ... ... 66 



CHAPTER IX. Mountain or Forest Breeds ... ... ... 81 



CHAPTER X. Mountain or Forest Breeds (continued) ... ... 88 



CHAPTER XI. Apparent Differences in Breeds ... ... ... 103 



CHAPTER XII. The Management of Sheep ... ... ... 109 



CHAPTER XIII. The Lambing Time ... .... ... ... 128 



CHAPTER XIV. Ordinary Treatment of Lambs ... ..." ... 137 



CHAPTER XV. Extraordinary Treatment of Lambs ... ... 142 



CHAPTER XVI. Single and Twin Lambs ... ... ... 153 



CHAPTKR XVII. "Winter Feeding of Sheep ... ... ... 162 



CHAPTER XVIII. Exhibition Sheep ... ... ... ... 180 



CHAPTER XIX. The Future of Sheep Farming ... ... ... 185 



CHAPTER XX. Sheep Farming in Sutherland ... ... ... 190 



CHAPTER XXL A Large Flock ... .. ... ... 195 



CHAPTER XXII. Diseases of Sheep ... ... . ... 204 



