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Perendale sheep

Professor Geoffrey Peren and Perendale sheep in a pen -B&W photo

Professor Geoffrey Peren (pictured) developed Perendale sheep by crossing Cheviot and Romney – they were named in his honour. Perendale were better suited to the hill country and more fertile than Romney.

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