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New Welsh Mountain sheep record set at Dolgellau

Rams from the Jenkins family set not one but two breed records at the sale of Welsh Mountain sheep at Dolgellau

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Messrs Jenkins' shearling ram: 31,000gns
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Messrs Jenkins' shearling ram: 31,000gns

Messrs Jenkins from Tynygraig, Talybont, first set a new Welsh Mountain sheep breed record with their shearling ram when it sold for 31,000gns to H.W. and S.W. Nutting, Cwmrhwyddfor. The yearling...

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