CONTENTS. 



PAGES 



INTRODUCTION.. ! .. .. 



CHAPTER I. INDIGENOUS BREEDS . . . . 



CHAPTER II. INFLUENCE OF THE BREED-MAKER . . . . . . . . 6-18 



BREEDS OF SHEEP CLASSIFIED BAKEWELL'S WORK CROSSES 

 FROM WHICH BREEDS SPRING BREED-MAKER'S FUNDAMENTAL 

 IDEA MR. ELWES' WORK WOOL AND FLESH HEAD COVERING 

 MUTTON PRODUCTION OF HIGHEST QUALITY FACE COVERING 

 CROSS BREEDING LESS SERVILE ADHERENCE TO PRECONCEIVED 

 IDEAS. 



CHAPTER III. BREEDS AND THEIR MODIFICATION . . . . . . 19-26 



CHARACTERISTICS OF BREEDS HEATH BREEDS INFLUENCE 

 OF SOIL HERBAGE AND CLIMATE THE NORFOLK HORNED SHEEP 

 MR. BOYS' SHEEP MEMORANDUM VALUE OF INDIGENOUS CHARAC- 

 TERISTICS EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT MENDEL'S LAWS AND 

 SHEEP EXPERIMENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. SHEEP CENSUS 26-27 



CHAPTER V. DOWN AND HORN BREEDS 28-44 



SOUTHDOWN SHROPSHIRE THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN THE 

 DORSET DOWN THE OXFORD DOWN THE SUFFOLK THE DORSET 

 HORN THE RYELAND PRIMITIVE AND RARER BREEDS THE 

 MERINO. 



CHAPTER VI. HILL AND HEATH BREEDS 45-60 



CHEVIOT WELSH MOUNTAIN THE KERRY HILL CLUN FOREST 

 THE RADNOR THE BLACKFACED MOUNTAIN THE LONK THE 

 DERBYSHIRE GRITSTONE SWALESDALE, PENISTONE, AND OTHER 

 ENGLISH HILL BREEDS WICKLOW THE KERRY MOUNTAIN SHEEP 

 THE HERD WICK. 



CHAPTER VIL LONGWOOLS 61-73 



THE LEICESTER BORDER LEICESTER THE LINCOLN THE 

 WENSLEYDALE THE COTSWOLD THE KENTISH OR ROMNEY MARSH 

 v DEVON LONGWOOL SOUTH DEVON THE ROSCOMMON. 



CHAPTER VIII. CROSSES AND CROSS-BREEDING 74-81 



INFLUENCE OF FOUR-COURSE SYSTEM OXFORD -HAMPSHIRE ; 

 SOUTHDOWN - ROMNEY MARSH; DOWN CROSSES CHEVIOT OR 

 EXMOORS LINCOLN CROSSES CROSS-BREEDING FOR MUTTON IN 

 THE NORTH OF ENGLAND MOUNTAIN BREEDS FIRST CROSSES 

 BORDER LEICESTER-CHEVIOT BORDER LEICESTER-BLACKFACE 

 BORDER LEICESTER - HERD WICK WENSLEYDALE - BLACKFACE . 

 SECOND CROSSES. 



CHAPTER IX. SELECTION OF A BREED 82-83 



CHAPTER X. POINTS AND NOMENCLATURE OF SHEEP . . . . . . 84-88 



THE POINTS : BODY, TAIL, LOIN, NECK OR SCRAG, HEAD, 

 TEETH, HORNS, WOOL, SKIN, UNDERSIDE HANDLING DENTITION 

 MOLARS NOMENCLATURE. 



CHAPTER XI. THE RAM AND EWE 89-92 



CHOICE OF RAM NUMBER OF EWES THE EWE CULLING EWES. 



