CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER I 



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AUSTRALIAN SHEEP HISTORY . . . . r 



Australia's first sheep Captain McArthur's sheep Boiling down 

 Sheep numbers in Australia from 1792 to 1912. 



CHAPTER II 



SHEEP AND LOCALITIES . . . . . .6 



Merino and Cross-bred sheep : Countries they are best adapted 

 for. 



CHAPTER III 



ENGLISH SHEEP . . . . . . . 15 



Lincoln Leicester Border Leicester Romney Marsh Shrop- 

 shire Southdown Hampshire Down Suffolk. 



CHAPTER IV 



SHEEP SELECTION . . . . . .26 



Method of selecting or classing sheep. 



CHAPTER V 



FAT LAMBS . . . . . . .29 



Suitable breeds for fat lambs. 



