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PAET IV. 



THE SCIENCE OF HIGH-CLASS SHEEP-BREEDING; WITH 

 DETAILS OF MANAGEMENT. 



I. 



Sheep-Breeding must be divided into two distinct 

 branches. One we denominate ' Sheep-Farming,' which 

 is the rearing of sheep for the different purposes of wool- 

 growing and meat-producing ; the other is the rearing or 

 breeding of fine stock, with which to supply the wants of 

 those who devote themselves to the other branch, or 

 department. These branches are essentially distinct ; at 

 the same time that they are mutually dependent, in ac- 

 cordance with the law of the division of labour ; a law 

 demonstrated by pohtical economists to be inseparable 

 from rapid development, and the attainment of perfec- 

 tion in the great industrial pursuits of the world. 



It is reqmsite to start at once from this point, and 

 accept the law. It must be manifest to aU practical men, 

 on reflection, that these two departments of sheep-breed- 

 ing, as a rule, must, in this as well as in other countries, 

 be a separate business ; indeed it is probably more neces- 

 sary in this than in any other, for the almost impossibility 

 of procuring the means, or commanding the hands and 

 intelligence requisite to carry out and do justice to the 

 two branches, cannot fail to be recognised. Of course I 

 speak generally ; for there may be, and probably are, a 



