21 May 1999 SCIENTISTS JOIN FORCES TO STUDY SHEEP SCIENTISTS are joining forces to study the much-maligned Bluefaced Leicester in a bid to produce a better class of sheep. Researchers from

the Ministry of Agriculture, the Meat & Livestock Commission, the Scottish Agricultural College and the Welsh Institute of Rural Studies are. A four-year research project aims to find

the “perfect mothering ewe” and a well-endowed terminal sire. _ * The Herald 21/05/99 page 29 _