shupperd

Updated: June 9, 2025

I started a flock of pedigree Shropshires, but my land was too good and grew them too big and coarse for showing, and I soon found that it was useless to try, though I succeeded in taking a prize at the Warwickshire county show. "Well done, shupperd," said a neighbour, "got him a son and a prize the same day!"

Arthur H. Savory - Grain and Chaff from an English Manor