CONTENTS. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 11-12 



INTRODUCTION 13-19 



INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION 20 



INTRODUCTION TO THIRD EDITION 20-26 



CHAPTER I. 



FINE- WOOL BREEDS 27-42 



Merinos 28 



American Merinos 31 



Delaine Merinos and Black Tops 33 



Rambouillets 37 



CHAPTER II. 



MUTTON BREEDS 43-56 



The Downs 



Southdowns 44 



Shropshires 48 



Hampshires 51 



Oxfords 53 



Suffolks 55 



The Long- Wools 



Leicesters 56 



Cotswolds 57 



Lincolns 58 



Dorset Horns 60 



The Mountain Breeds 



Cheviots 64 



Black-faces 66 



Tunis and Persian Sheep 69 



CHAPTER III. 



CROSS-BREEDING 76-87 



Dishley Merinos 79 



Cross-Breeding for the Lamb Market 80-83 



Cross-Breeding in Eastern Pastures . . , 83 



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