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NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF THE CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PICS OF GREAT 

 BRITAIN. 



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The Battle, Sheep, and Pigs of Great Britain : 



Being a Series of Articles on the Various Breeds of the United Kingdom, 

 their History, Management, &c. 



Edited by JOHN COLEMAN, 



Editor of the Farm Department of "The Field." and formerly Professor of Agriculture 

 at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirenoester. 



CONTENTS. 



THE CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



L Introductory. 



II. Breeding and General Manage- 

 ment. 



III. Principles of Feeding, and 

 Value of Different Kinds of 

 Food. 



IV. Buildings, and the Manage- 

 ment of Manure. 

 V. Dairy Management, the Milk 



Trade, Ac. 



VI. Shorthorns. By John Thornton. 

 VII. The Hereford Breed of Cattle. 



By T. Duckham. 

 VIII. Devon Breed of Cattle. By 



Lieut.-Col. J. T. Davy. 

 IX. The Longhorns. By Gilbert 



Murray. 

 X. The Sussex Breed of Cattle. 



By A. Heasman. 



XI. Norfolk and Stiff oik Bed-Polled 



Cattle. By Thomas Fulcher. 



XII. Galloway Cattle. By Gilbert 



Murray. 



XIII. The Angus-Aberdeen Cattle. 

 XIV. The Ayrshire Breed of Cattle. 



By Gilbert Murray. 

 XV. West Highland Cattle. By 



John Eobertson. 

 XVI. The Glamorgan Breed of Cattle. 



By Morgan Evans. 

 XVII. Pembrokeshire or Castlemartin 



Cattle. By Morgan Evans. 

 XVIII. The Anglesea Cattle. By Mor- 

 gan Evans. 

 XIX. The Kerry Breed of Cattle. By 



the late R. O. Pringle. 

 XX. The Jersey Breed of Cattle. By 



John M. Hall. 



XXI. The Guernsey Breed of Cattle. 

 By " A Native." 



THE SHEEP OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



I. Introductory. 



II. The Management of Ewes up 

 to Lambing. 



III. Preparations for and Attention 



during Lambing. 

 IV. Management from Birth to 



Weaning. 



V. From Weaning to Market. 

 VI. On Wool. 

 VII. Leicester Sheep. 

 VIII. Border Leicesters. By John 



Usher. 



IX. Cotswold Sheep. 

 X. Long-Woolled Lincoln Sheep. 

 XL The Devon Long- Wools. By 



Joseph Darby. 

 XII. Bomney Marsh Sheep. 

 XIII. Southdown Sheep. 

 XIV. The Hampshire or West 

 Country Down Sheep. By 

 E. P. Squarey. 

 XV. Shropshire Sheep. 

 XVI. Oxfordshire Down Sheep. By 

 Messrs. A. F. M. Druce and 

 C. Hobbs. 

 XVII. The Boscommon Sheep. By 



the late B. 0. Pringle. 

 XVIII. Negrette Merino Sheep. 

 XIX. Exmoor Sheep. 

 XX. The Black-faced or Scotch 



Mountain Sheep. 



XXL Cheviot Sheep. By John Usher. 

 XXII. Dorset Horned Sheep. By 



Joseph Darby. 

 XXIII. Welsh Mountain Sheep. By 



Morgan Evans. 

 XXIV. The Badnor Sheep. By Morgan 



Evans. 



XXV. Herdwick Sheep. By H. A. 

 Spedding. 



THE PIGS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



I. Introductory. 

 II. The Berkshire Pig. 

 III. Black Suffolk Pigs. 

 IV. Large White Breed of Pigs. 

 V. Small White Pigs. 

 VI. Middle Bred White Pigs. 

 VII. The Black Dorset Pig. 

 VIII. The Tamworth Pig. 



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