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Southdown Sheep Society
—	Newsletters
	– Spring 2007
	– Autumn 2006
	– Spring 2006
	– March 2006
	– December 2005
—	Christmas card now available
—	Death of Sir Richard Cooper, Bt.
	– Letter of appreciation from the Society
	– Obituary (from The Ark, Summer 2006)
	– Article on Sir Richard Cooper's ancestor, Sir Richard Powell Cooper, Bt.
—	Letter from the President, 2006
—	Rare Breeds Survival Trust
—	Accounts, 2003
—	Annual General Meeting, 2005
—	Annual General Meeting, 2006
—	Forty Years On - Clive Pritchard's almost 40 years as Secretary
	– Treacle in the Morning - Clive Pritchard's book
—	Life Members
—	Groups around the country
	– Contact details & events for 2008
	– The East Anglian Southdown Breeders' Group, 2005 events
—	Council Members
—	Rules of the Society
—	Flock Book to be published annually
—	Information required to register Southdowns in the Flock Book
—	Society Brochure
—	Recipes for Mutton and Lamb
—	Contact us
– Membership
—	Membership Application form
—	Membership Gift Aid form
– Events
—	Regional Group Events for 2008
—	2007 A.G.M. & Field Day
—	2007 Flock Competition - had to be cancelled due to Foot & Mouth
– Newsletter, Spring 2007
	– Why Not Show?
	– Southdown Success at Smithfield
	– News From Around the Regions
	– Dress Code at The Royal Welsh Show
	– Book Reviews
	– What's on in 2007
	– Southdown People - Sharon Pond
	– New Members
	– Caption Competition
– Newsletter, Autumn 2006
—	Still Shining
—	Southdown Sheep Society Annual Field Day
—	Top Prices in This Year's Sales
—	Snapshot of the National Flock in 2003
—	New Transport Rules. Are you ready?
—	Help Reduce Resistance to Wormers
—	New Class for The Royal
—	Members Page
	– Use It or Lose It
	– Congratulations to Hugh and Mary Clark
	– Our Members Recommend
—	Thoughts on Judging the Flock Competition
—	Southdown People - Our First Year of Southdowns in County Down
—	Southdowns - Demanding to be Noticed
—	Good News on Ear Tags
—	Publications From the Society Reviewed
—	A Brief AGM Report for Absent Members
—	Could You Serve on Council?
—	Melton Mowbray Show & Sale
—	Protecting the Genetic Heritage of the Southdown
—	Chichester Southdown Sale, 1925
—	Bolus Readers
—	A Friendly Reminder - registration of lambs
—	Caption Competition
—	Southdowns Supreme in the Shows
– Newsletter, Spring 2006
—	Thank you for nearly forty years of service
—	Help to preserve the genetic heritage of the breed
—	Southdown Breeders beat Sheepdog Ladies by a Whisker
—	Why not enter?
—	Meet Our New Secretary
—	New Members
—	For Sale & Wanted
– Newsletter, 2006
—	Southdown Tops the South East by Irving Pallister
—	AI - Have you tried it? by Adam & Caroline Brown
—	What does it mean to be a Council Member? by Clive Pritchard
—	The East Anglian Southdown Breeders' Group, 2005 events
—	The East Anglian Southdown Breeders' Group, events planned for 2006
– Society Sales
—	Maidstone, August 4th 2007 Cancelled due to outbreak of Foot & Mouth in Surrey
—	Worcester, September 14th, 2007 Cancelled due to outbreak of Foot & Mouth in Surrey
—	Melton Mowbray, 2007 Results
—	Dolphin Sheep Fair, September 27th, 2007 Cancelled because of new FMD outbreak
—	Dolphin, 2006
—	Maidstone, 2006
—	Melton Mowbray, 2006
—	Dolphin, 2005
—	Maidstone, 2005
—	Melton Mowbray, 2005
– Southdown Shop
—	Product Order form
– Archives
– Links to Members' websites and other sites of interest
– Links for feed, handling products, equipment, etc.
– Home page

Breed - Description
—	in Australia
—	in France
—	in Northern Ireland
—	New Lamb Scheme - Article from South East Farmer, January 2005 on South Downs Lamb Scheme
	– Joining Up
	– Farmers are already paid more
—	South Downs Lamb Destined for Sussex Shops - News Release December, 2004
—	South Downs Lamb Brochure
—	A star is reborn on the South Downs - Article from The Telegraph, October 2006
– History
—	Remoulding and Revival of the Southdown
—	Findon Sheep Fair
—	Dispersal sales
—	Chichester Southdown Sale, 1925
—	The Southdown through the years – 1901
– RBST (Rare Breeds Survival Trust) reGENEration appeal
—	Letter from RBST re Bluetongue in Suffolk
—	Southdown breeder Neville Turner joins RBST Council
—	RBST Online: Conservation in Action
—	RBST Conservation in Action - Rare Breeds Join the Mainstream!
—	Help Your Breed and Breed Society
—	ReGENEration Appeal Semen Collection Programme
—	The ReGENEration Plan
—	Semen Collection Southdown
—	ReGENEration Project
—	Ram Semen Collection Form
—	Foot & Mouth Disease Breeds At Risk Register
—	Conservation in Practice - article from The Ark
—	RBST 20th Annual Show & Sale, Cultra, Northern Ireland
– Breeders
—	Alphabetical list
—	List by area
—	Individual advertisements
—	Stock for Sale Now
—	Stock Wanted

News
—	Stock Wanted
—	Field Day & AGM
—	Southdown Groups' events for 2008
—	London Marathon
—	Southdown Sheep Society Field Day & AGM, 2007
—	Bluetongue
—	Southdowns Top the Interbreeds
—	Transport Regulations - New Training Programme now available on DVD
—	Industry Leads on New Sheep Health Planning Initiative NSA Press Release, May 2nd 2007
—	Fully Funded Scrapie Testing 'No Longer Appropriate' - article from Farmers Guardian, February 2007
—	See life in the breed a century ago
—	Artist Kim Sisson can create a unique and lasting painting of your sheep
—	RBST Online: Conservation in Action
—	Access to DEFRA Livestock Data Programme monthly newsletters
—	South Downs Lamb - the Best Possible Eating Experience
—	National Scrapie Plan Test Certificates & EID boluses
—	Maedi Visna Accreditation Scheme
—	RBST ReGENEration Appeal

Mutton Renaissance
—	Eblex report published Wednesday, 27 October 2004, including lists of butchers, restaurants, etc.
—	British Mutton Back on the Menu, article from Sheep Farmer, November/December, 2004
—	Make More of Mutton, article from Sheep Farmer, November/December, 2004
—	Mutton - a slice of British culinary history, article from Farmers Guardian Country View, December 3, 2004
—	New Mutton Specifications, article from Sheep Farmer, September/October, 2005
—	Recipes for Mutton [& lamb]

Health
—	General Health & Welfare
	Nadis Parasite Forecast, January, 2008
	Barrenness, Abortion, Weak & Sickly Lambs
	Nadis Bulletin on Infectious Abortion
	Nadis Sheep Bulletin - Trace Element Deficiency
	Managing Stock Heat Stress to Minimise Losses
	EBLEX Better Returns Programme - Target Worm Control [Adobe Reader is required]
	Control Worm Build-up with Careful Management
	Prioritise Breeding for Worm Resistance
	Anthelmintic Resistance on Sheep Farms
	Safeguard Productivity with Timely Ram MOT
	Nadis Sheep Bulletin - Lambing Problems - February, 2008
	Focus on Lambing - NADIS article, February, 2006
	Animal Health - Defra webpage on documents produced by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
	The Welfare of Sheep - Defra webpage
	Keeping sheep clean by Dr Jenny Anderson, Sheep Scientist, Meat and Livestock Commission
	Take care with Sheep Dip from NSA Winter Focus 2004
	New Study Highlights Lameness Management Issues
	EBLEX Better Returns Programme - Target Lameness [Adobe Reader is required]
	Footrot eradication
	Foot control checklist
	Truth about ticks
	Tick control programme
	Reinforce Fluke Guard, English Producers Advised
	Tackling liver fluke
—	Nematodirosis - NADIS article, April, 2006
	– NADIS Health Bulletin, March 2007
—	Identification & Tracing
	Sheep Tagging Derogation - EBLEX Sheep Practical Pointers February 2007
	Letter from NSA over issues connected to new tagging rules
	Confusion over new tagging system
	Identification of Ovine and Caprine Animals (sheep and goats) from Europa European Commission website
	Sheep & Goat identification and tracing - Defra article on EU Double Tagging procedure
	Flocks Must Abide by New Identification Rules
—	Diet
	NADIS Sheep Bulletin on Flock nutrition throughout pregnancy, December 2007
	Chicory Offers Potential Grazing Sward Value
	Feeding lambs on rape and kale
—	Specific diseases
	Bluetongue
	Infectious Abortion
	Coccidiosis
	Foot & Mouth Disease - RBST At Risk Register
	– 2007 FMD outbreak - RBST At Risk Register
	– Message from President & Letter from Secretary
	Polioencephalomalacia
	Louping-ill in sheep by Dr. Hugh Reid, Moredun
	Nematodirosis in Sheep -
	– NADIS sheep disease focus, April 2006
	– NADIS Health Bulletin, March 2007
	Listeriosis and Laryngeal Chondritis in Sheep - NADIS sheep disease focus
	Jaagsiekte
	Pink eye
	Maedi visna
	– SAC report via Farmers Weekly
	Foot & Mouth Disease - RBST Breeds At Risk Register
	Scrapie
	– Future of the Ram Genotyping Scheme - EBLEX Sheep Practical Pointers, February 2007
	– Fully Funded Scrapie Testing 'No Longer Appropriate' - article from Farmers Guardian, February 2007
	– Atypical Cases of Scrapie - Update
	— Atypical Case of Scrapie in Flock imported from New Zealand
	– National Scrapie Plan for Great Britain
	– Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme - Guidance for Farmers
	– Scrapie Genotyping and the National Scrapie Plan
	– Extra ewe genotyping
	– Scrapie Genotypes in Rare Sheep Breeds
	– News Update June 2004 - Type 3 rams sale & breeding restrictions
	– Breeding and sale restrictions on Type 3 rams no longer apply
	– Predicting Chart & Genotype Calculator Grid
	– Temporary arrangements for rare breeds of sheep participating in the National Scrapie Plan
	– Test Certificates and boluses - safeguard your own future and that of your flock
	– National Scrapie Plan Southdown Update
	– NSP histogram showing latest position of genotypes in Southdowns
	– NSP Flock Register - details of how it will work
	– NSP On-line Flock Register now available
	– DEFRA NSP/NSIP Semen Archive
	– Semen Archive for UK Rams - NSA support for industry initiative
	– SAMB - Service provider is ARK Consortium Ltd.
	– SAMB Welcomes Appointment of Breed Liaison Manager
	– Semen Archive Management Board - Procedures for Nomination of Rams to the Archive
	– SAMB Press Release - Financial Benefit from SAM Nominations
	– NSP/NISP Semen Archive – more added value!
	– Rare Breeds Survival Trust
	– RBST ram semen collection - More rams needed for the 2005/06 Season
	– Defra/NSP-approved explanation of the Semen Archives
	– National Scrapie Scheme Ram Register
	– Article by George Elliot, Council Member
	BSE - Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathy
	– Brussels Talks Delay Introduction of Compulsory TSE Sheep Breeding Programme
	– DEFRA Consultation on TSE Breeding Programme for Rare Breeds of Sheep
	– Information Concerning Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathy (up to 2002)
	– Information Concerning TSEs since January 2002
—	World Organisation for Animal Health

Shows
—	Shows with classes suitable for Southdowns
—	Agricultural shows
—	Shows results for 2007
—	Show results for 2006
	– RBST 20th Annual Show & Sale, Cultra, Northern Ireland
—	Show results for 2005
—	Show results for 2004
—	Show results for previous years
—	At Staffordshire County Show, 2004 (article from the Ark, journal of the RBST, Autumn 2004)

Sales
— NSA & Breed Society Inspection Standards

Other Events


National Sheep Association (NSA)
—	NSA letter on Bluetongue, September 2007
—	NSA Update on Bluetongue, October 24th, 2007
—	NSA & Breed Society Inspection Standards for Sales
—	Industry Leads on New Sheep Health Planning Initiative NSA Press Release, May 2nd 2007
—	Letter from John Thorley, OBE
—	Take care with Sheep Dip from NSA Winter Focus 2004
—	Letter from NSA over issues connected to new tagging rules
—	NSA Sheep 2006

Government, &c.
—	CAP - single farm payment system
—	CAP Reform - Information for farmers and growers
—	Big surprises in national fallen stock scheme (article from South East Farmer, December 2004)
—	Fallen Stock Scheme Extension
—	Farm Waste Exemptions
—	New Regulations for Animal Transport
	– Training Programme now Available on DVD
	– Transport Regulations Come into Force
	– Transport Authorisations

– DEFRA
—	Access to DEFRA Livestock Data Programme monthly newsletters
—	Confusion over new tagging system
—	Agricultural waste
	— Farm Waste Exemptions
—	Sheep Annual Premium Scheme
—	The Welfare of Sheep Legislation/ Welfare Code/ Enforcement/ Advice for farmers
—	Sheep & Goat identification and tracing - Defra article on EU Double Tagging procedure
—	Six day animal movement régime
—	Sheep Movement Form description and explanation
—	Fallen Stock Scheme Extension

– EBLEX
—	Real Cost of Cattle and Sheep Production Revealed
—	Sheep Identification Rules
	- Sheep Tagging Derogation - EBLEX Sheep Practical Pointers February 2007
	–Flocks Must Abide by New Identification Rules
	–Special Care Vital to Avoid Double-Tagging Burden
—	10 Month Rule
—	Where There's Muck - Less Brass - the importance of clean sheep
—	Sheep Farmers Should Think Clean
—	Target Lamb Selection - about the EBLEX BRP manual
—	The EBLEX Better Returns Programme one year on from its launch
	– 30% improvement in lambs 'is result of BRP'
	– Skipton takes lead on better selection message
	– Raising the game for Cornish producers
	- Better drawing equals premium prices
	EBLEX Better Returns Programme - Target Lameness
	EBLEX Better Returns Programme - Target Worm Control
—	Lamb Briefing
	– New Study Highlights Lameness Management Issues
	–Save Time and Stress with Better Sheep Handling
	–Plan Early Lambing with Good Budgeting in Advance
	–Control Worm Build-up with Careful Management
	–Safeguard Productivity with Timely Ram MOT
	–Boost Returns with Better Planned Replacements
	-Cutting Lamb Losses to Boost Flock Profitability
	–Flocks Must Abide by New Identification Rules
	–Prioritise Breeding for Worm Resistance
	–Special Care Vital to Avoid Double-Tagging Burden
—	Stock Briefing
	– Chicory Offers Potential Grazing Sward Value
	– Reinforce Fluke Guard, English Producers Advised
	– Managing Stock Heat Stress to Minimise Losses
—	Sheep Practical Pointers
	– Future of the Ram Genotyping Scheme [February, 2007]
	- Sheep Tagging Derogation [February, 2007]
—	West Midlands Livestock Forum
—	Mutton Renaissance - lists of butchers selling mutton, restaurants serving mutton, &c.

Miscellaneous
—	Model aircraft flying club problem with sheep

Articles
—	Conservation in Practice - from The Ark (RBST)
—	Sheep in the Orchard by the Reverend Canon Donald A. Johnson
—	First Impressions of a Council Meeting by Gail Sprake
—	Hopes for the Southdown, by Jean Armstrong
—	The Importance of Body Condition by Bob Backshall
—	Southdown Sheep - Big or Small? by Paul Wakeham-Dawson, MA Dip Agric (Cambridge)
—	Southdowns (Small is not Traditional) by Sarah Mitchell
—	A Market For Your Wool by Sue Thompson
—	Starting a Southdown Flock
—	Line Breeding in Sheep by John Randall
—	The Suitability of the Southdown Breed of Sheep for Conservation Management by Paul Wakeham-Dawson MA Dip Agric (Cambridge)
—	Foot Rot by George Elliott
—	Keeping Southdown Sheep (including Natural & Homeopathic Remedies) by Lynne Brooks
—	Age Concern by Marion Hart
—	The Signs of Health in Sheep, 27th January, 1778
—	Hints on Keeping Southdown Sheep by Stephen Humphrey
—	Southdown 2000 - Quo Vadis? by Paul Wakeham-Dawson MA Dip Agric (Cambridge)
—	2000 and After - The Future for Southdowns by Philip Whitcombe
—	The Future is Before Us by Neil Stainthorpe
—	Showing Sheep by Sharon Pond
—	Do's and Don'ts to Help Success in the Flock Competition by Hugh T. Clark
—	Wool and Signet by Sir Richard Cooper
—	Then and Now by John D. Goode
—	Showman's Thoughts by Stormin Normin
—	All in a Day's Fun by Gail Sprake
—	National Sheep Association and You by John Thorley
—	What Image Does the Flock Prefix "City of London" Conjure Up for You? by Simon Meek
—	Coke of Norfolk
—	Profile on John Craig (1890-1980)
—	South-Downs Isabella Beeton, "Book of Household Management", 1861
—	Nellie, what have you done? by Stephen and Helen Packer
—	The East Dean Flock by David and Paul Humphrey
—	Cear Owen Southdown Sheep Flock by Lynne and Thomas Rowlands
—	Aldbury Downland Flock by Neil and Pam Dickens
—	Southdown Sheep - How We Came to Have Them by David & Chris Rhead
—	Southdown Sheep, My Priority by Peter Ballard
—	Southdowns in Retirement by Alan and Pat Lettin
—	Great Fen Flock: Lessons of the First Five Years by L.C. Dane
—	Southdowns on a Norfolk Smallholding by Richard & Ann Day
—	A Year in the Life of Strawberrydown Southdowns by M.W. Littmoden
—	Why Southdown? by Dr. Antony Locke
—	Why I Chose Southdowns by Jo Willetts
—	The Proof of the Pudding by John Randall
—	Southdown Sheep - More Fun Than a Building Society Account by Alan Mummery
—	Why We Chose the Southdown Sheep by Andy & Christine Hunt
—	A Token of My Love by Peter Warner
—	Our Southdown Flock by P.S. & C.S. Harrison
—	A Small Amateur Flock by E.H. Mack
—	My Flock by Peter Ballard
—	Family Makes Local Move into Retailing source Farmers' Weekly 27 June 2003
—	Native Crossbreeds Raise Hopes source Farmers' Weekly 11 July 2003
—	Southdowns return to Sussex source Sussex Express July 25 2003
—	Saddleworth Southdowns by Viv Dawson
—	The Best Known Sheep Farmer in Wales source Farmers' Weekly
—	Was it all Planned? by Lesley and Terry Mead
—	The Flock Competition - Why not enter? by Sue Thomson
—	The Flock Competition by Gail Sprake
—	Reflections on First Showing at the Royal Show by Gail Sprake
—	The East Anglian Show Scene 2003
—	Showing Your Southdownsby Bob Backshall
—	Southdowns conquer showssource South East Farmers, Jan. 2004
—	Judith had a little lamb, and now it's a champion from Cambrian News 29 July, 2004
—	Southdowns at Staffordshire County Show, 2004 from The Ark, Autumn 2004
—	A Very Rare Breed, and a Rare Experience Indeed (or The Tale of Peter Hase)by Gail Sprake
—	The East Anglian Show Scene 2004 by G. Sprake
—	"...Taking Matters Into Our Own Trotters..." from Sheep Farmer, November/December 2004
—	Sheep Systems for the Future by John Vipond, from NSA Winter Focus 2004
—	Take Care with Sheep Dip from NSA Winter Focus2004
—	Sheep Topics with Alan West - Big surprises in National Fallen Stock Scheme, from South East Farmer, December 2004
—	Top Marks for Orphan Care by Sharon Pond
—	Breed of the Month: Southdown sheep from Country Living, February 2005
—	From Heath to Hearth (treating skins to make rugs) by Carolyn Anderson

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