Everyone who was a member in 2023 received a copy of the Centenary Year Book along with their 2023 Flock Book. As well as documenting the celebrations of 2023, the book also has extracts from Volume 1 of the annual Flock Book and some of the highs & lows of our first hundred years. The […]
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About the Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society
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
About the Breed
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
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