PREFACE. 



appreciated if the Veterinary Section of this book were written 

 by Captain Leeney, as he could treat it with an accuracy and 

 up-to-dateness which a layman would not do ; so, with the 

 co-operation of the publishers, this was arranged. That it has 

 added to the value of the book there is no doubt, and I welcome 

 it with much pleasure. 



As I have not an expert knowledge of wool when it has left 

 the sheep, Professor Barker, of the Leeds Technical College, kindly 

 undertook to write a short section, which is full of interest and 

 instruction. 



I would like to call attention to the fact that Chapters XI. to XIX. 

 are specially designed to enable the inexperienced to follow out 

 the work with the different sections of the flock day by day, and 

 season by season, throughout the year. It sets out what the 

 farmer actually has to do, and in this form I have been assured 

 on many occasions that the year's shepherding and sheep 

 management can be readily grasped by those whose experience 

 is very limited. I would, therefore, suggest that these chapters 

 be read consecutively, so that the thread of the work be gripped 

 and intelligently understood. A mass of facts without connective - 

 ness rarely proves useful ; and knowledge itself is of little use 

 unless it is turned to account ; and in writing simply I have tried 

 to reduce to practice anything that has been put forward, so that 

 the least experienced may understand. I would urge the ancient 

 adage : " With all thy getting, get understanding." 



To those who are devoting time to the making and improving 

 of breeds, all owe thanks ; doubtless they find in it ample 

 interest and reward, for it is a life full of interest. 



W. J. MALDEN. 



