263:
40:
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402:
The
Southdown was traditionally reared for meat and wool. During the day the sheep pastured freely on the downs, and at night they were close-folded in the arable fields of the farmers, where they helped to increase soil fertility.
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321:
them to improve their productive qualities; there are no records of how this breeding was carried out. By the end of the century the breed had become well known, its reputation rivalling that of the
1364:
720:
240:
239:, in about 1800. It has been exported to many countries; it has been of particular importance in New Zealand, where it was used in the breeding of
267:
244:
1834:
223:, the smallest of the British breeds. It is a shortwool breed, and the basis of the whole Down group of breeds. It was originally bred by
271:
499:. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2021.
496:
526:
713:
664:
470:. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
511:
630:
609:
581:
558:
475:
326:
17:
1035:
706:
651:
465:
685:
1115:
1040:
1050:
675:(Summer 2002): 68–70. Kenilworth, Warwickshire: Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Archived 23 September 2006.
251:
72:
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1430:
1523:
1508:
689:
1581:
1503:
1450:
1070:
1829:
1659:
1596:
1331:
1205:
1410:
1270:
1105:
1045:
900:
497:
Breed data sheet: Southdown / United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Sheep)
391:
216:
45:
8:
1576:
1498:
1285:
1275:
1055:
940:
895:
698:
1420:
1280:
1235:
1170:
961:
956:
841:
831:
786:
318:
286:
1795:
1699:
1644:
1561:
1465:
1311:
1180:
1145:
1090:
1080:
1075:
989:
971:
647:
626:
605:
577:
554:
471:
353:
322:
570:
Valerie Porter, Lawrence
Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016).
1772:
1719:
1689:
1359:
1245:
1165:
1065:
915:
796:
781:
181:
1777:
1674:
1654:
1649:
1586:
1518:
1513:
1488:
1440:
1435:
1316:
1265:
1260:
1110:
935:
925:
869:
864:
859:
811:
806:
801:
776:
571:
548:
1800:
1757:
1752:
1747:
1724:
1639:
1483:
1354:
1290:
1240:
1215:
1195:
1150:
1095:
1060:
920:
771:
766:
514:. Kenilworth, Warwickshire: Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Archived 12 April 2021.
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360:
349:
338:
254:
among the UK native breeds; it was formerly listed as "priority" or "at risk".
220:
341:, with such success that the breed was at times known as the Cambridgeshire.
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1767:
1742:
1679:
1571:
1405:
1326:
1306:
1255:
1175:
1085:
966:
874:
836:
791:
733:
462:
List of breeds documented in the Global
Databank for Animal Genetic Resources
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1684:
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1445:
1220:
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910:
879:
851:
821:
370:
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The State of the World's Animal
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
329:. In the nineteenth century further selective breeding was carried out by
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1709:
1669:
1415:
1321:
1210:
1185:
1160:
1135:
1125:
1120:
994:
816:
758:
434:
364:
314:
302:
290:
236:
224:
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The
Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds
262:
1714:
1591:
1566:
1475:
1346:
1336:
1225:
981:
430:
330:
1460:
1425:
1100:
905:
826:
729:
282:
344:
This sheep was involved with crossbreeding to develop other breeds:
1704:
1155:
1130:
930:
438:
334:
39:
1631:
1619:
1230:
1664:
746:
306:
298:
228:
66:
1787:
1493:
1017:
442:
386:
310:
232:
192:
621:
G.L Tomes, D.E. Robertson, R.J. Lightfoot (editors) (1979).
1734:
1546:
1190:
573:
294:
529:. The Southdown Sheep Society. Archived 22 September 2010.
243:. In the twenty-first century it is kept principally as a
1387:
728:
646:. New Haven, Connecticut; London: Yale University Press.
60:
441:
to graze weeds because they are too short to reach the
460:
686:
Napa sheep slaughter solved: Culprits were cougars.
665:The Remoulding and Revival of the Southdown Sheep
1821:
714:
289:sheep were kept on the chalk uplands of the
721:
707:
604:. Nottigham: Nottingham University Press.
553:. London: Gerald Duckworth & Company.
38:
385:
261:
543:
541:
539:
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527:Description & breed characteristics
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505:
301:in south-east England. From about 1780
14:
1822:
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594:
592:
590:
1617:
1544:
1385:
1015:
744:
702:
693:1 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
602:International Sheep and Wool Handbook
522:
520:
492:
490:
488:
486:
484:
615:
576:(sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI.
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502:
1835:Sheep breeds originating in England
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587:
564:
454:
24:
678:
636:
517:
481:
406:Fleece weights (greasy) are about
381:
25:
1846:
414:for rams. Staple length is some
86:South Down, Baby Doll, Babydoll
13:
1:
642:Janet Vorwald Dohner (2001).
547:Michael Lawson Ryder (1983).
448:
266:Southdown ram, photograph by
663:Paul Wakeham-Dawson (2002).
352:and the Berkshire Nott, the
7:
1618:
1116:Devon and Cornwall Longwool
418:, and fibre diameter about
390:Two Southdowns at the 2007
10:
1851:
1036:Badger Face Welsh Mountain
745:
359:via the Hampshire and the
257:
252:Rare Breeds Survival Trust
1786:
1733:
1695:Old English Pheasant Fowl
1630:
1626:
1613:
1557:
1553:
1545:
1540:
1474:
1431:Gloucestershire Old Spots
1398:
1394:
1381:
1345:
1299:
1028:
1024:
1016:
1011:
980:
949:
888:
850:
757:
753:
740:
187:
177:
169:
161:
136:
111:
106:
98:
90:
82:
53:
37:
1524:Yorkshire Blue and White
1386:
625:. London: Butterworths.
478:. Archived 23 June 2020.
285:times, small grey-faced
1509:Lincolnshire Curly Coat
957:Chillingham Wild Cattle
690:San Francisco Chronicle
273:Encyclopædia Britannica
1451:Oxford Sandy and Black
1071:Brecknock Hill Cheviot
397:
394:
278:
27:British breed of sheep
1206:North Country Cheviot
1041:Balwen Welsh Mountain
600:David Cottle (2010).
437:, they are placed in
389:
265:
1106:Derbyshire Gritstone
1051:Black Welsh Mountain
1046:Beulah Speckled Face
392:Great Yorkshire Show
319:selectively breeding
250:It is listed by the
46:Great Yorkshire Show
1499:Irish Greyhound Pig
1286:Whitefaced Woodland
1056:Bluefaced Leicester
941:Whitebred Shorthorn
293:of the counties of
75:(2021): not at risk
63:(2007): not at risk
54:Conservation status
34:
1504:Large White Ulster
1421:British Saddleback
1281:Whiteface Dartmoor
1236:Scottish Blackface
1171:Leicester Longwool
395:
279:
275:, eleventh edition
32:
1817:
1816:
1813:
1812:
1809:
1808:
1645:Derbyshire Redcap
1609:
1608:
1605:
1604:
1582:British Primitive
1536:
1535:
1532:
1531:
1466:Wessex Saddleback
1377:
1376:
1373:
1372:
1312:Castlemilk Moorit
1146:Greyface Dartmoor
1076:British Milksheep
1007:
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1003:
1002:
512:Watchlist 2021–22
422:(equivalent to a
323:Dishley Leicester
209:
208:
91:Country of origin
18:Southdown (sheep)
16:(Redirected from
1842:
1773:Silver Appleyard
1690:Old English Game
1628:
1627:
1615:
1614:
1555:
1554:
1542:
1541:
1411:British Landrace
1396:
1395:
1383:
1382:
1360:Scottish Dunface
1066:Border Leicester
1026:
1025:
1013:
1012:
797:English Longhorn
755:
754:
742:
741:
723:
716:
709:
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661:
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619:
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515:
509:
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494:
479:
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421:
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409:
201:
195:
42:
35:
31:
21:
1850:
1849:
1845:
1844:
1843:
1841:
1840:
1839:
1820:
1819:
1818:
1805:
1782:
1778:Welsh Harlequin
1729:
1675:Modern Langshan
1622:
1601:
1587:Golden Guernsey
1549:
1528:
1489:Dorset Gold Tip
1470:
1390:
1369:
1341:
1332:North Ronaldsay
1295:
1111:Devon Closewool
1020:
999:
976:
945:
884:
865:Dairy Shorthorn
846:
777:Belted Galloway
749:
736:
727:
697:
683:
679:
662:
658:
641:
637:
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616:
599:
588:
569:
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533:
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518:
510:
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482:
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455:
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419:
415:
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407:
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382:Characteristics
327:Robert Bakewell
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241:Canterbury lamb
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132:
129:
128:
121:
78:
69:(2021): at risk
49:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1848:
1838:
1837:
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1815:
1814:
1811:
1810:
1807:
1806:
1804:
1803:
1798:
1792:
1790:
1784:
1783:
1781:
1780:
1775:
1770:
1765:
1760:
1758:Khaki Campbell
1755:
1750:
1745:
1739:
1737:
1731:
1730:
1728:
1727:
1722:
1717:
1712:
1707:
1702:
1697:
1692:
1687:
1682:
1677:
1672:
1667:
1662:
1657:
1652:
1647:
1642:
1640:Croad Langshan
1636:
1634:
1624:
1623:
1611:
1610:
1607:
1606:
1603:
1602:
1600:
1599:
1594:
1589:
1584:
1579:
1577:British Alpine
1574:
1569:
1564:
1558:
1551:
1550:
1538:
1537:
1534:
1533:
1530:
1529:
1527:
1526:
1521:
1516:
1511:
1506:
1501:
1496:
1491:
1486:
1480:
1478:
1472:
1471:
1469:
1468:
1463:
1458:
1453:
1448:
1443:
1438:
1433:
1428:
1423:
1418:
1413:
1408:
1402:
1400:
1392:
1391:
1379:
1378:
1375:
1374:
1371:
1370:
1368:
1367:
1362:
1357:
1355:Devon Longwool
1351:
1349:
1343:
1342:
1340:
1339:
1334:
1329:
1324:
1319:
1314:
1309:
1303:
1301:
1297:
1296:
1294:
1293:
1291:Wiltshire Horn
1288:
1283:
1278:
1273:
1271:Welsh Mountain
1268:
1263:
1258:
1253:
1248:
1243:
1238:
1233:
1228:
1223:
1218:
1213:
1208:
1203:
1198:
1193:
1188:
1183:
1178:
1173:
1168:
1163:
1158:
1153:
1151:Hampshire Down
1148:
1143:
1138:
1133:
1128:
1123:
1118:
1113:
1108:
1103:
1098:
1093:
1088:
1083:
1078:
1073:
1068:
1063:
1061:Border Cheviot
1058:
1053:
1048:
1043:
1038:
1032:
1030:
1022:
1021:
1009:
1008:
1005:
1004:
1001:
1000:
998:
997:
992:
986:
984:
978:
977:
975:
974:
969:
964:
959:
953:
951:
947:
946:
944:
943:
938:
933:
928:
923:
921:Old Gloucester
918:
913:
908:
903:
898:
892:
890:
886:
885:
883:
882:
877:
872:
867:
862:
856:
854:
848:
847:
845:
844:
839:
834:
829:
824:
819:
814:
809:
804:
799:
794:
789:
784:
779:
774:
772:Beef Shorthorn
769:
767:Aberdeen Angus
763:
761:
751:
750:
738:
737:
732:breeds of the
726:
725:
718:
711:
703:
696:
695:
677:
656:
635:
623:Sheep Breeding
614:
586:
563:
531:
516:
501:
480:
452:
450:
447:
445:on the vines.
424:Bradford count
399:
396:
383:
380:
379:
378:
367:
361:Cotswold sheep
357:
350:Wiltshire Horn
339:Cambridgeshire
259:
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221:domestic sheep
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94:United Kingdom
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1776:
1774:
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1769:
1766:
1764:
1761:
1759:
1756:
1754:
1751:
1749:
1746:
1744:
1743:Abacot Ranger
1741:
1740:
1738:
1736:
1732:
1726:
1723:
1721:
1718:
1716:
1713:
1711:
1708:
1706:
1703:
1701:
1698:
1696:
1693:
1691:
1688:
1686:
1683:
1681:
1680:Nankin Bantam
1678:
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1673:
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1668:
1666:
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1462:
1459:
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1358:
1356:
1353:
1352:
1350:
1348:
1344:
1338:
1335:
1333:
1330:
1328:
1327:Manx Loaghtan
1325:
1323:
1320:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1304:
1302:
1298:
1292:
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1279:
1277:
1274:
1272:
1269:
1267:
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1262:
1259:
1257:
1254:
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1249:
1247:
1244:
1242:
1239:
1237:
1234:
1232:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1222:
1219:
1217:
1214:
1212:
1209:
1207:
1204:
1202:
1199:
1197:
1194:
1192:
1189:
1187:
1184:
1182:
1179:
1177:
1174:
1172:
1169:
1167:
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1162:
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1152:
1149:
1147:
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1137:
1134:
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1129:
1127:
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1114:
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1109:
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1099:
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1092:
1089:
1087:
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1079:
1077:
1074:
1072:
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1067:
1064:
1062:
1059:
1057:
1054:
1052:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1037:
1034:
1033:
1031:
1027:
1023:
1019:
1014:
1010:
996:
993:
991:
988:
987:
985:
983:
979:
973:
970:
968:
965:
963:
960:
958:
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954:
952:
948:
942:
939:
937:
934:
932:
929:
927:
924:
922:
919:
917:
914:
912:
909:
907:
904:
902:
901:British White
899:
897:
894:
893:
891:
887:
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878:
876:
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868:
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828:
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748:
743:
739:
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734:British Isles
731:
724:
719:
717:
712:
710:
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704:
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559:9780715616550
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552:
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550:Sheep and Man
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508:
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268:Frank Babbage
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245:terminal sire
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215:is a British
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1830:Sheep breeds
1685:Norfolk Grey
1562:Anglo-Nubian
1446:Middle White
1250:
1201:Norfolk Horn
911:Irish Moiled
889:Dual purpose
852:Dairy cattle
688:
684:Fimrite, P.
680:
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371:Norfolk Horn
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99:Distribution
29:
1796:Brecon Buff
1710:Scots Dumpy
1670:Modern Game
1660:Indian Game
1519:Small White
1514:Small Black
1441:Large White
1436:Large Black
1416:British Lop
1365:South Devon
1276:Wensleydale
1211:Oxford Down
1161:Hill Radnor
1136:Exmoor Horn
1126:Dorset Horn
1121:Dorset Down
1091:Clun Forest
995:Blue Albion
962:Tory Island
842:Welsh Black
832:South Devon
817:Lincoln Red
759:Beef cattle
464:, annex to
435:New Zealand
365:Oxford Down
315:East Sussex
303:John Ellman
291:South Downs
270:, from the
237:East Sussex
225:John Ellman
178:Horn status
170:Face colour
162:Wool colour
83:Other names
1824:Categories
1715:Scots Grey
1484:Cumberland
1246:Shropshire
1226:Rough Fell
1166:Kerry Hill
972:White Park
652:0300088809
449:References
431:California
412:3.5–5.5 kg
410:for ewes,
331:Jonas Webb
200:Ovis aries
173:mouse-grey
1753:Orpington
1748:Aylesbury
1700:Orpington
1406:Berkshire
1317:Hebridean
1300:Primitive
1266:Teeswater
1261:Swaledale
1251:Southdown
1181:Llanwenog
1101:Dalesbred
1081:Cambridge
950:Primitive
916:Glamorgan
906:Droimeann
827:Shorthorn
782:Blue Grey
730:Livestock
439:vineyards
369:with the
354:Hampshire
348:with the
283:Mediaeval
213:Southdown
33:Southdown
1801:Shetland
1768:Shetland
1720:Sebright
1705:Rosecomb
1632:Chickens
1572:Bilberry
1456:Tamworth
1241:Shetland
1216:Portland
1156:Herdwick
1131:Easycare
1096:Cotswold
990:Alderney
936:Shetland
931:Red Poll
926:Pembroke
870:Guernsey
860:Ayrshire
812:Highland
807:Hereford
802:Galloway
420:23–25 μm
416:50–60 mm
408:2–3.5 kg
335:Babraham
325:bred by
317:, began
150:Female:
127:59–68 kg
125:Female:
120:78–90 kg
1655:Ixworth
1650:Dorking
1620:Poultry
1476:Extinct
1347:Extinct
1307:Boreray
1256:Suffolk
1231:Ryeland
1176:Lincoln
1086:Cheviot
982:Extinct
669:The Ark
375:Suffolk
309:, near
258:History
231:, near
48:in 2011
44:At the
1763:Magpie
1725:Sussex
1665:Legbar
1399:Extant
1221:Romney
1196:Masham
1141:Galway
1029:Extant
967:Vaynol
896:Albion
875:Jersey
837:Sussex
792:Dexter
747:Cattle
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443:grapes
373:, the
363:, the
307:Glynde
299:Sussex
287:polled
277:, 1911
229:Glynde
182:polled
143:Male:
137:Height
118:Male:
112:Weight
107:Traits
67:DAD-IS
1788:Geese
1735:Ducks
1597:Pygmy
1592:Irish
1567:Bagot
1547:Goats
1494:Grice
1461:Welsh
1426:Essex
1322:Jacob
1186:Lleyn
1018:Sheep
880:Kerry
822:Luing
787:Devon
333:, of
311:Lewes
305:, of
281:From
233:Lewes
217:breed
193:Sheep
165:white
152:60 cm
145:67 cm
1388:Pigs
1337:Soay
1191:Lonk
648:ISBN
627:ISBN
606:ISBN
578:ISBN
555:ISBN
472:ISBN
433:and
297:and
295:Kent
211:The
73:RBST
429:In
398:Use
337:in
313:in
235:in
227:of
219:of
61:FAO
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