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Robert Bakewell 1725-95, English livestock breeder and agriculturist. He successfully bred livestock for meat rather than appearance, developing new breeds, which included the Leicester sheep and the Dishley, or New Leicestershire, longhorn cattle. He introduced the progeny test for selective breeding and also improved methods of housing stock, cultivating grass, and manuring.

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Bakewell, Robert (1725–95). Bakewell was one of the pioneers of the agricultural revolution as a result of his animal breeding activities at Dishley, near Loughborough, particularly the ‘New Leicester’ breed of sheep. He selected more rigorously than other landlords and was more sophisticated in the choice of animals he selected from.

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