PrBLISHED BY HORACE COX. 



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

 BRITAIN. 



With Tllusirations from the Original Drawings by Harrison Weir, 

 in 1 vol,, price 12s. 5d., by post 13s. 



The Gattle, Sheep, and Pig's of Gpeat Britain : 



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

 their History, Management, &c. 



Edited by the late JOHN COLEMAN. 



Editor of the Farm Department of "The Field," and formerly Professor of Aerrloulture 

 at tlie Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, 



CONTENTS. 



III. — Preparations for and Attention 

 during Lambing. 



IV. — Management from Birth to 



Weaning. 

 V. — From Weaning to Market. 



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, &c. 

 VI. — Shorthorns. By John Thornton. 

 VII.— The Hereford Breed of Cattle. 



By T. Duckham. 

 VIII.— Devon Breed of Cattle. By 

 Lieut.-Ool. J. T. Davy. 

 IX.— The Longhoms. By GUlbert 

 Murray. 

 S.— The Sussex Breed of Cattle. 

 By A, Heasman. 

 XI.— Norfolk and Suffolk Eed-Polled 

 Cattle. By Thomas Fulcher. 

 SII.— 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 Robertson. 

 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 B. 0. 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. 

 11.^ — The Management of Ewes up 

 to Lambing. 



VL— On Wool. 

 VII. — Leicester Sheep. 

 VIII.— Border Leieesters. By John 

 Usher. 

 IX.— Cots wold Sheep. 

 X.— Long- Wool! ed 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. P. M. Druce and 

 C. Hobbs. 

 XVII. — The Roscommon Sheep. By 

 the late R. 0. Pringle. 

 XVIIL— Negrette Merino Sheep. 

 XIX.— Esmoor Sheep. 

 XX.— The Black-faced or Scotch 

 Mountain Sheep. 

 XXL— Cheviot Sheep. By John Usher. 

 XXII.— Dorset Horned Sheep. By 

 Joseph Darby. 

 XXIIL— Welsh Mountain Sheep. By 



Morgan Evans. 

 XXIV.— The Eadnor 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 Pige. 

 VII.— The Black Dorset Pig. 

 VIII.— The Tamworth Pig. 



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