An article on sheep breeding and wool preparation for South African farmers, written by a flockmaster. It covers the history of the Spanish merino, the original fat-tailed Afrikander sheep and attempts to improve them, and a method of classing and mating stud ewes and rams. It closes with advice on culling the general flock, the points of a good ewe, and the skirting, classing and packing of wool for market, with export figures for 1908 and 1912.

Two plates of photographs from the Agricultural Journal of South Africa, June 1915, showing prize sheep at the Witwatersrand Show. One plate shows Mr. F. W. Southey's first and second prize ewe in the class for South African bred ewes, two tooth and over. The other shows Messrs. Haggett & Ovens' four-tooth Suffolk Downs ram, first prize in its class, bred by the Department of Agriculture. Both photographs are credited to J. Austin Hughes.