CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 ITNIi-'WOOLED BEEEDS OF SHEEP. 



The Spanish, French, Saxon, and Silesian Merinos, Page 13 



CHAPTER n. 



rfTTEODUCTION OB" FINE - ■WOOLED SHEEP INTO THE tTNlTED 



STATES. 



Early Importations of Spanish, French and Saxon Merinos 22 



CHAPTER in. 



AMBEICAN MEEINOS ESTABLISHED AS A VAEIETT. 



The Mixed .Leonese or Jarvis Merinos — The Infantado or Atwood 

 Merinos — The Paolar or Rich Merinos — Other Merinos, 27 



CHAPTER IV. 



LATEE IMPOETATIOKS OF FINE - "WOOLBD SHEEP INTO THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



French and Silesian Merinos Introduced, 35 



CHAPTER V. 



BEITISH AND OTHEE LONG AND MIDDLE - WOOLED SHEEP IN 

 THE UNITED STATES. 



Leicesters, Cotswolds, Lincolns, New Oxfordshires, Black -Faced 

 Scotch, Cheviot, Fat-Rumped, Broad - Tailed, Persian and 

 Chinese Sheep, 43 



CHAPTER VI. 



BRITISH SHORT - "WOOLED SHEEP, ETC., IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The South Downs, Hampshire Downs, Shropshire Downs and 

 Oxfordshire Downs, 55 



