Easton College Open Day

We had a stand at the Open Day - part of the national Open Farms scheme. Alongside us we had six Norfolk Horn shearling ewes in a pen. They are the start of a pedigree flock bought for the College with funds we raised last year at our Dinner and Auction of Promises. They have been given under the Agistment Scheme run by the RBST which means that the equivalent of the original purchase will always belong to the Trust, but in the meantime the College can breed and sell as normal. David Howlett, the sheep tutor, hopes to use the flock to teach genetics, and the different aspects of keeping a pedigree flock as opposed to a commercial flock. A ram will be purchased later to complete the starter flock.