CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Fnra: - wooLED beeeds op sheep. 



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



CHAPTER II. 



INTEODtrCTION OF FINE--WOOLBD SHEEP INTO THE UITITED 



STATES. 



Early Importations of Spanish, French and Saxon Merinos 23 



CHAPTER III. 

 AMEEICAIf MBEINOS ESTABLISHED AS A TAEIETT. 



The Mixed Leonese or Jarvis Merinos — The Infantado or Atwood 

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



CHAPTER IV. 



LATBE IMPOETATIONS OP FINE - WOOLED 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. 



BEITISH SHOET - WOOLED SHEEP, ETC., IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The South Downs, Hampshire Downs, Shropshire Downs and 

 Oxfordshire Downs 55 



