Shropshire
In the 1840s in the hills of Shropshire, England, progressive sheep breeders began to cross the native black-faced sheep with improved Southdown, Leicester, and Cotswold sheep to develop a medium sized, dual- purpose breed that became known as Shropshires. Shropshires were first imported in 1855 into the United States and in 1884 the American Shropshire Registry […]