Best of breed white-face Texel prize-winning sheep at summer Agricultural show, UK

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The Texel is a breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel in the Netherlands.[1] It is now a popular lean meat sheep in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay and Europe. The Texel is a heavily muscled sheep. It produces a lean meat carcass and will pass on this quality to crossbred progeny. The wool is around 32 micrometres and is mostly used for hosiery yarns and knitting wools

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Location: Ingliston, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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