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As an add on......it was John Kirk's father, then looking after the family farm. Who sold me
my first Fordson Major Tractor for use at the New Northcote Heavy Horse Centre a couple
of years later. He even allowed me “easy terms” on my £400 purchase!
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
THE CHRISTMAS SHEEP “Enderby’
THE CHRISTMAS SHEEP
We had bred quite a respectable number of Soay sheep since the centre first opened in
1989.
Originally, we had bought eight soay ewes from a breeder in Leicestershire and
transported them home in the back of the Land Rover Long wheelbase ‘Safari’.
Soay’s are a quite small, ‘feral’ breed originating from the island of the same name situated
off the western isles of Scotland.
I suppose they were the size of medium sized dogs and caused a deal of interest to the
