Encyclopedia article on the sheep from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (5th edition). It covers wild sheep species, the domestic sheep's anatomy, teeth and breeding data, and a survey of breeds: non-European, European, merino and English breeds. It also covers sheep husbandry, feeding tables, fattening, washing and shearing of wool, diseases, and the decline of German sheep breeding, with a bibliography. Two plates show a heath sheep, a Leicester, and Electoral and Negretti merinos.