Article Info

Article Title
The Arcott Sheep: Canada's bespoke breeds
Author
Autumn Hiscock
Issue date
Summer 2023
Issue number
41
Issue topic
Place
Description
This article describes the development of the sheep breeds that were designed and bred by Agriculture Canada in the second half of the twentieth century: Rideau Arcott, Canadian Arcott, Outaouais Arcott. The author then experiments with spinning each of these breeds.
Article topic list
breed-focus, experimenting, sheep