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Percy Tait wins interbreed for a second year with Knighton Harriet at 2012Great Yorkshire show
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This was the first year the East of England Winter Stock Festival held classes on the showground for prime lambs and exhibitors travelled far and wide to compete. Top honours went to prolific winners the Hall family, Carlisle.
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Last time I wrote looking towards the coming show season, and now already with the main shows over we look to the coming sales with optimism. Lambs have been a good price and cast ewes exceptional – this should augur well for the breeding stock. Now as breeders we need to keep up the momentum...
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Hello everyone What a year it has been, with the weather dominating everything we have had it all frost rain snow and now drought! Locally a small stream running through a village is dry and the hills with thin soils on limestone started to look green are now turning brown with the lack of rain....
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The sale was topped at 480gns for a recorded ram lamb from the Tullyvallen flock of A J Graham from Co Antrim and was sold to the show and sale judge Mr Simon Wright to use in his Wrights flock in Axeminster, Devon. A J Graham also took the prize for the Best opposite sex...
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Rouge breeders gathered for one of the biggest sales of Rouge sheep seen for some time at Borderway, Carlisle at the annual show and sale on behalf of the Rouge Sheep Society. This included the dispersal sale of the adult portion from the Broadwood flock for David Janes of Bridgewater.
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In addition to the Annual General Meeting taking place on the 3rd of October, Society Chairman John Smithson has kindly organised an extra flock visit to take place, starting at 1.00pm, before the society AGM later on that day. John looks forward to welcoming you to Skelcies Hall, Appleby Road, Kirkby Stephen CA17 4PG Please...
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They say that time flies when you are having fun but I think it is when you are getting old, as it doesn’t seem long since it was lambing time and now the entries are closed for the Carlisle sale. In between the society has been busy at the NSA sheep events so I must...
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The British Rouge is an exceptional breed, having taken Championship titles at the Royal Show, Royal Highland, Royal Welsh and Balmoral.
The Rouge Sheep Society was formed in 1986 with a view to maintaining the breeds purity and promoting its improvement.