Since the formation of the Leicester Sheep breeders' Association in 1893, later to be called the Leicester Longwool Sheepbreeders' Association, members have strived to keep the breed pure and to improve it in keeping with modern demands.
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Our modern day Association was founded in 1892 by a group of celebrated Lincoln Ram breeders, the most noteable being, Henry Dudding of Riby, Great Grimsby.
The main aims of our Association today are much the same:
• The encouragement...
The Group was established by a number of enthusiastic breeders in 1994 with the aim of promoting and enhancing the breed. At that time Norfolk Horns were category 1 – ‘critical’ on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s watchlist, with fewer than 300...
The Blackface Sheep Breeders' Association was formed at a meeting in Lanark in 1901, when the attending Blackface breeders recognised that there were problems within the sheep industry.
From the outset, the main objectives of the Association...
The South Wales Mountain Sheep, which is also sometimes called a Nelson or a Glamorgan Welsh, is the largest of the Welsh Mountain breeds. It is believed to be of the same primitive ancestry as the Welsh Mountain Sheep, but for many years it has...
The breed was developed by Lawrence Alderson to fill the growing need for a genuine high performance crossing sire. This development began at the beginning of the 1960′s first in Wiltshire then in Northumberland. By 1980 the breed was established...
The Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Breeders' Association was formed in 1920 and it is perhaps indicative of the Association's awareness of the commercial meat market that formation took place at a meeting convened by Major and Mrs Jervoise (Flock no....
A well known old phrase is, that 'poor writing is better than the best memory', and in my case it will be a poor memory that will be trying to recollect the history of the Lleyn sheep, and the formation of the Society, as very few records are...
The Border Leicester is the largest indigenous breed in the British Isles and the purebred is popular with adults and children alike as a show animal due to its attractive characteristics and elegant presence.
