SHEEP AND SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
CHAPTER I. 
ORIGIN, PRINCIPAL BREEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS. 
COSMOPOLITAN NATURE OP SHEEP. L0NG-1700LED SHEEP. 1. LEICESTER.*— 
II. BORDER LEICESTER. III. COTSWOLD. GOOD QUALITIES OP COTSWOLD3. 
— COTSWOLDS IN THE WEST. IV. LINCOLN SHEEP. V. NEW OXFORDSHIRE 
SHEEP. VI. MIDDLEWOOLED SHEEP. VII. CHEVIOT SHEEP. VIII. 
WHITE FACED HIGHLAND SHEEP. IX. DORSET SHEEP. X. SOUTHDOWNS. 
XI. HAMPSHIRE DOWNS. XII. SHROPSHIRE DOWNS. XIII. OXFORD 
DOWNS. PINE WOOLED SHEEP. XIV. AMERICAN MERINOS. THB 
FLEECE. THE HEAD. THE BODT. THE MOST PROFITABLE SHEEP. “ 
DIVISIONS OP WOOL. 
Cosmopolitan Nature of Sheep. 
Where sheep originated is a question difficult to answer. They are the 
first of the animals domesticated by man, and reasonably so, since they 
supply the two principal wants of the barbarian, food and clothing. 
They are found in every inhabited country, not entirely savage, from the 
Arctic to the Torrid zone. 
To show the great diversity in character of sheep, it is only necessary 
to quote the classification of Linnaeus, which is : The Hornless, Horned* 
Black-faced, Spanish, Many-horned, African, Guinea, Broad-tailed, Fat* 
rumped, Bucharian, Long-tailed, Cap-bearded, and Bovant. To these 
may be added the Siberian sheep of Asia, found also in Corsica and 
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