Dorset sheep
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Dorset sheep medium-sized breed developed in England; the only major breed in which both rams and ewes are horned. It has been introduced into many areas of the United States, although it has failed to gain widespread popularity there.
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&type=1 "Express & Echo (Exeter UK)")
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Large flock at show and sale ; Around 3,000 sheep were due in Exeter today for the Dorset Sheep Society's annual show and sale of pedigree sheep at the city's livestock centre at Matford.
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Around 3,000 sheep were due in Exeter today for the Dorset Sheep Society's annual show and sale of pedigree sheep at the city's livestock centre at Matford. A sale will follow tomorrow with keen competition between many of the country's leading ...
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&type=1 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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TEENAGER DOESN'T MISS A BLEAT CARING FOR EIGHT HORNED SHEEP; JOSH ALLEY SHOWS OFF HIS DORSET FLOCK AT THIS YEAR'S STATE FAIR COMPETITION.(Local)(Column)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/25/2006; 435 words;
... about my eight horned Dorset sheep. I've been getting them ... raised many breeds of sheep throughout his lifetime, but in the end, horned Dorsets stuck around the longest ... Castor, one of the horned Dorset sheep that he's showing at the ...
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&type=1 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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McFarlane ram steals the show at Ballyclare; Dorset Sheep Show and Sale in Ballyclare.(Farming Life)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 10/11/2003; 627 words;
... Show and Sale of 75 Pedigree Dorset sheep in McClelland's, Ballyclare ... new comer to the breed and NI Dorset Club. Other leading prices ... Watching the judge at the dorset Horn Sale; RUNNER-UP: Reserve ... watching the bidding at the Dorset Horn Show and Sale in Ballyclare ...
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SHOW AND SALE OF DORSET SHEEP AT BALLYCLARE: It's standing room only!(Farming Life)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 10/12/2002; 403 words;
THERE was standing room only at the 13th annual autumn show and sale of Dorset sheep in McClelland's Mart, Ballyclare, as Roslyn Moore, from the Slemish Flock at Broughshane, Ballymena, selected the prizewinners ...
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GARDEN TOURS: Arcadia, complete with sheep Minterne, Dorset
The Independent on Sunday; 8/24/2003; Anna Pavord; 297 words;
... landscape setting: a man-made lake, surrounded by pasture in which sheep graze in required Arcadian fashion. The trees are exceptional, though many good ones were lost in the great storm which hit Dorset in January 1990. Lord Digby has an enviable skill in always ...
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&type=1 "The Independent on Sunday (London, England)")
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GARDEN TOURS: Arcadia, complete with sheep; Minterne, Dorset.(Features)
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... landscape setting: a man-made lake, surrounded by pasture in which sheep graze in required Arcadian fashion. The trees are exceptional, though many good ones were lost in the great storm which hit Dorset in January 1990. Lord Digby has an enviable skill in always ...
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Hilltop Flock stock on offer at Dorset premier sale.(Farming Life)
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THE Dorset Horn and Polled Dorset Sheep Breeders' Association is one of ... breed can be taken from two of the Dorset Sheep Association's small flock owners ... secretary of the Northern Ireland Dorset Sheep breeders on 028 2564 1711. CAPTION ...
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Top Dorset flock on view.(Farming Life)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 6/7/2003; 462 words;
... champion flock of Dorset sheep in Northern Ireland ... Thursday (7pm) for Dorset sheep breeders and others interested in the Dorset Horn and Polled Dorsets ... annually at the premier Dorset sale in Ballyclare ... exported a number of sheep to Northern Ireland ...
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Dorset Horn prices break new ground.(Farming Life)
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NORTHERN Ireland Dorset sheep breeders witnessed their breed achieve ... Newtownstewart who is starting up his own pedigree Dorset flock on the family's Co Tyrone farm ... the same number. All in all nineteen sheep were purchased for export to flocks on ...
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&type=1 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Dorset rams.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 2/3/2005; 38 words;
A NEW Farming Connect sire reference scheme will promote use of high performance Dorset sheep/rams. West Wales Dorset Sheep Society (CTC) is a 25 member co-operative of Welsh-based pedigree Poll Dorset sheep flocks. Details: HCC, 01970 625050.
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Dorset breeders are off to Exeter.(Farming Life)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 3/1/2003; 135 words;
... year for the United Kingdom's Dorset sheep enthusiasts, WRITES DAVID McCOY ... premier show and sale of the Dorset and Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders' Association, takes ... and only registered pedigree sheep for sale in 2002 - due to Department ...
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Buchanan brothers to disperse Dorset flock.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 10/6/2001; 410 words;
... the annual autumn Dorset show and sale on ... out from pedigree sheep breeding. The flock ... show and sale of Dorset sheep in Ballyclare in ... terms of many of the Dorset flocks, the impact ... breeding will feature on Dorset sheep pedigrees for many ...
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A Hardy View of Dorset
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You can visit Dorset without having read Thomas ... pub signs to match covers. Dorset guides will proudly - nay ... insistently - give you a Hardy fill. Dorset maps show the place names for Hardy ... usually) tragic ends. Touring Dorset without making obeisance to ... town of Lyme Regis in West ...
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Dorset first choice for Fred.(Farming Life)
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... from the surrounding sheep farming neighbours ... couple of pedigree Dorset ewes as a special ... reserve champion Dorsets exhibits. Late in ... also bred polled Dorset sheep but, due to the restraints ... Flock of 39 polled Dorset ewes. This year's ... a strong team of sheep for sale ... .
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Hilltop flock tops at Dorset Horn show.(Farming Life)
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THE youth membership of the Northern Ireland Dorset sheep breeders club topped the proceedings at the annual premier ... Kingdon; Peter Knowles, from Ahoghill, lends a hand at the Dorset Horn Show in Ballyclare; Group of three went to Roslyn ...
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