Abstract
“THE sheep has golden hooves, and wherever the print of them appears, the soil turns to gold.” This old Swedish proverb is quoted by Mr. Austin; Mr. Thomas could equally well have taken it for one of his texts. The former is concerned with the role of the Australian Merino stud sheep in leading commercial wool production; the latter covers the great complexities of breeds, crosses, methods of management, and diseases which are compounded in the sheepbreeding industry of Great Britain.
(1) The Merino
Past, Present and Probable. By H. B. Austin. Second edition. Pp. 247. (Sydney: Grahame Book Co., 1944.) n.p.
(2) Sheep
By J. F. H. Thomas. With Chapters by Moses Griffiths, Martin Jones and A. R. Wannop. Pp. 196 + 44 plates. (London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1945.) 15s. net.
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NICHOLS, J. (1) The Merino (2) Sheep. Nature 156, 251–252 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156251b0
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