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Keport of Farmers' Institutes 



is a wonder they can be produced in the same country. It is one 

 of the oldest of all the draft breeds, bred and handled by a few 

 enthusiastic breeders; not quite as large as the Percheron, a little 

 liiihtcr and cleaner in bone. Xo animals are allowed to be re- 

 corded in the Suffolk Stud Book but chestnuts, a fact referred to 

 with mufh pride by the English breeders. However, all shades 

 are popular from golden sorrel to dark chestnut, with very little 

 white markings. This color is a very strong feature of this breed 

 and is readily transmitted to the grades when crossed on our com- 

 mon mares. 



Fm. 1G7. Two-year-old Imported Suffolk Fillies. 

 Adirondack Farms, Glens Falls, X. Y. 



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It is remarkable that a breed so small in number and bred in a 

 district only a few miles in extent, could have been perfected and 

 kept juirc and distinct and withstood drain year after year from 

 Kussia, Austria, Australia and Canada, as well as the United 

 States. In spite of some undesirable features this breed has made 

 many friends and are admired by all lovers of draft horses in all 



