A
TREATISE ON SHEEP:
THE BEST
MEANS FOR
THEIR
IMPROVEMENT, GENERAL MANAGEMENT, AND THE TREATMENT OF
THEIR DISEASES,
WITH
A CHAPTER
ON WOOL, AND HISTORY OF THE WOOL TRADE;
AND THE
MANAGEMENT
OF SHEEP IN AUSTRALIA.
BY
AMBROSE BLACKLOCK.
TO
SIR
C. G. STUART MENTEATH,
OF CLOSEBURN, HART.,
VICE-LIEUTENANT OF DUMFRIES-SHIRE, &c. &c. &c
WHOSE INTEGRITY AND URBANITY
HAVE ENDEARED HIM TO SOCIETY;
AND
WHOSE ZEAL FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOIL,
AND FOR THE PROSPERITY OF THE FARMER,
HAVE RAISED HIM, BY COMMON CONSENT,
TO THE FIRST RANK
AS AN AGRICULTURIST, AND AS A LANDLORD;
THIS TREATISE ON SHEEP
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY HIS VERY HUMBLE SERVANT,
THE
AUTHOR. |
