Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society Ltd (WHSS)
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The Premier Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society Show & Sale is taking place at Rugby Farmers Mart on Saturday 19th September.
If you can’t make it in person, the sale is available through MartEye. Please register with MartEye and request to bid in advance if you are interested. You can do this by visiting: https://rugbyfarmersmart.marteye.ie/
Please note that all livestock must leave the sale yard by the end of the day.
The Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society exists to promote, preserve and improve the Wiltshire Horn breed, to define the breed standard and record pedigrees. It came into being on the 13th January 1923, when 40 farmers and breeders met in the Grand Hotel, Northampton to put the breed onto “sound pedigree lines”. The meeting concluded with the establishment of the “Wiltshire or Western Horn Sheep Breeders Association”, together with the flock book, a constitution and a managing council. 22 attendees joined on the spot and paid their first annual subscription: 1 guinea ! Today the Society organises … Read More
Emma McAvoy
8 Longhirst Drive
Arnold
Nottingham
NG5 8TU
07943 711069
wiltshirehornsociety@gmail.com
The Wiltshire Horn sheep is the original no-shearing sheep: the traditional choice for the 21st century. It has the strengths of a native lowland breed, combined with low maintenance and low input costs, and has the ability to meet the most stringent requirements of the modern sheep industry, in both the commercial and … Read More
