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1673:Norfolk Grey
1550:Anglo-Nubian
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1189:Norfolk Horn
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1698:Scots Dumpy
1658:Modern Game
1648:Indian Game
1507:Small White
1502:Small Black
1429:Large White
1424:Large Black
1404:British Lop
1353:South Devon
1264:Wensleydale
1199:Oxford Down
1149:Hill Radnor
1124:Exmoor Horn
1114:Dorset Horn
1109:Dorset Down
1079:Clun Forest
983:Blue Albion
950:Tory Island
830:Welsh Black
820:South Devon
805:Lincoln Red
747:Beef cattle
512:, annex to
245:Horn status
237:Face colour
229:Wool colour
145:Oxfordshire
1812:Categories
1703:Scots Grey
1472:Cumberland
1234:Shropshire
1214:Rough Fell
1154:Kerry Hill
960:White Park
603:"Cotswold"
496:References
308:rare breed
268:Ovis aries
71:newspapers
1828:Cotswolds
1741:Orpington
1736:Aylesbury
1688:Orpington
1394:Berkshire
1305:Hebridean
1288:Primitive
1254:Teeswater
1249:Swaledale
1239:Southdown
1169:Llanwenog
1089:Dalesbred
1069:Cambridge
938:Primitive
904:Glamorgan
894:Droimeann
815:Shorthorn
770:Blue Grey
718:Livestock
681:worldwide
657:in the UK
476:, with a
173:: at risk
1789:Shetland
1756:Shetland
1708:Sebright
1693:Rosecomb
1620:Chickens
1560:Bilberry
1444:Tamworth
1229:Shetland
1204:Portland
1144:Herdwick
1119:Easycare
1084:Cotswold
978:Alderney
924:Shetland
919:Red Poll
914:Pembroke
858:Guernsey
848:Ayrshire
800:Highland
795:Hereford
790:Galloway
639:Cotswold
617:15 April
484:See also
474:15–20 cm
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306:It is a
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219:85–90 kg
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189:Standard
124:Cotswold
101:May 2015
1643:Ixworth
1638:Dorking
1608:Poultry
1464:Extinct
1335:Extinct
1295:Boreray
1244:Suffolk
1219:Ryeland
1164:Lincoln
1074:Cheviot
970:Extinct
318:History
135:Ewe at
85:scholar
1751:Magpie
1713:Sussex
1653:Legbar
1387:Extant
1209:Romney
1184:Masham
1129:Galway
1017:Extant
955:Vaynol
884:Albion
863:Jersey
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443:130 kg
409:Sheep!
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204:Weight
199:Traits
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1482:Grice
1449:Welsh
1414:Essex
1310:Jacob
1174:Lleyn
1006:Sheep
868:Kerry
810:Luing
775:Devon
470:10 kg
358:Roman
326:From
285:breed
261:Sheep
240:white
232:white
137:Combe
92:JSTOR
78:books
1376:Pigs
1325:Soay
1179:Lonk
619:2009
520:ISBN
301:wool
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