A Pocket Guide to Sheep Breeds of NZ

The Pocket Guide to Sheep Breeds of New Zealand is essential reading for anyone with a professional or informal interest in teh breeds farmed in Nzew Zealand today. Find the facts on:

• more than 40 breeds - how they were developed, their pysical characteristics, their yield, and more
• the history of sheep farming, from the earliest civilisations to modern-day NZ
• sheep anatomy and behaviour
• the wool and meat industries, including modern uses for wool
• genetics and coloured breeds
• feral stocks and their preservation
• composite breeds

Fully illustrated with tthe author's own superb photographs, plus maps and period images, this book is an indispensible handbook.