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Austria, Russia and Sweden on the continent, Australia, 

 South and North Africa, New Zealand, Argentina and 

 other countries; and it has been the self-evident merit 

 of the breed that has been the cause of this wide distri- 

 bution. The breed has suffered, in America, particularly, 

 because of the need of more freely distributed informa- 

 tion regarding its good qualities. 



42. Organizations and records. The Suffolk Stud- 

 book Society is the publisher of the stud-book for the breed 

 in England. The first volume was published in 1880. 

 The breed is represented on this continent by the Ameri- 

 can Suffolk Horse Association, with headquarters at 

 De Kalb, Illinois. The first volume of the stud-book of 

 the latter association was published in 1907, and a second 

 has since appeared with a total of nine hundred eight 

 registrations. 



