J.T7ieb3ca. 

 THE MERINO SHEEP 



OF THE 



NATIONAL SHEEP STUD FARM 



OF 



RAMBOUILLET. 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF BREEDING. 



REPORT ON THE SHEEP SHOW, 



ADDRESSED TO 



M. LE CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU MATHIEU, 



GENERAL COMMISSIONER FOR FRANCE 



TO THE 



/SYDNEY JNTERNATIONAL PXHIBITION, 1879. 

 ' ;- ; ; \ ,'BY l^* 



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Professor of Agriculture at the National Agricultural Institute of France, 

 Commissioner for the French Government, 



Delegate for the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce to the Sydney 

 International Exhibition, 



Representative of the National Sheep Stud Farm of Rambouillet. 



TURNER AND HENDEUSON, Hunter street, Sydney. 



