Dorset breeders are off to Exeter.(Farming Life)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: March 1, 2003 | Copyright information

THE annual May Fair is the major event of the year for the United Kingdom's Dorset sheep enthusiasts, WRITES DAVID McCOY.

And May Fair 2003, the premier show and sale of the Dorset and Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders' Association, takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 20 and 21, at Exeter Livestock Market, Exeter.

Breed secretary, Mrs Marguerite Cowley, said: "After the last two very difficult years, with no sale at all in 2001 an...

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