SIIKI:I'-KAISI.\<; IN I5RITISH r<>i.r.\iKiA. 



Black-faced Highland rain. 



I'lack- faced Highland e\ve. 



milked. ;iiid the f:unmis Urm/a cheese is made. The value of ;i Liood skin is about 

 $15. This breed is ext remely hardy and will thrive under very Md verse conditions. 

 In Rokhiini the sheep Mre snnuner-^rM/JMl in the inonntMins. Miid winter in the low- 

 lands. The mutton is said to he the most pMhitahle of any hreed. The fat. especially 

 of the tail, is ns"d by the natives as butter. Crosses of this breed with the Lincoln 

 and with the IJarbadues or "\Voolless" sheeji (a very prolific breed) have proven 

 fairly satisfactory. 



THE MERINO. 



Fine-wool sheep have existed in Spain as lonir as history tells, and important 

 textile arts were founded early in that country on the tine-wool supply furnished by 

 the ancestors of the Merino breed. These sheep were introduced into many countries, 



