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championship also in 1901-5. The most successful cross was 

 that between the Suffolk ram and large-framed Cheviot ewes 

 from Sutherlandshire brought into prominence by Charles 

 T. A. Robertson, Upper Ifold, Dunsfold, Godalming, and bred 

 by him at Little Horringer Hall, Bury St Edmunds. In 1905 

 he began selling weekly drafts of Suffolk-Cheviot tegs at eight 

 months old in the middle of October, and at the end of two 

 months an average of 6 is. each was realised. The bareness 

 and consequently unprotected condition of the Suffolk-Cheviot 

 lamb at birth prevents its extension to hill pastures. 



An experiment showing how the Suffolk ram mates 

 with Merino ewes was carried out at the Colonial College, 

 Hollesley Bay, in 1894-96. At fifteen months old the progeny 

 averaged 94 Ibs. per sheep live-weight, which yielded 60-64 

 per cent, of dressed meat of " excellent quality, fine in grain, 

 and of good flavour, with a large proportion of lean." The 

 Suffolk-Merino wool, J\ Ibs. to the fleece, was " most excellent 

 of its kind, with a ' soft handle,' and withal quite firm in staple." 



Historical statements of the "genesis" of the breed of 

 Suffolk sheep, with a summary of its unprecedented successes 

 at carcase competitions (to which indebtedness is here 

 acknowledged) were issued in 1905 by Ernest Prentice (Secre- 

 tary and Editor), 64 Oxford Street, Ipswich, as a preface to 

 the List of Members of the Suffolk Sheep Society. 



During the past few years Suffolk ewes and rams have 

 been exported to the Colonies, and to Austria, Spain, 

 France, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Finland, Switzerland, 

 South America, and North America. In January 1893, the 

 " American-Suffolk Flock Registry Association " was incor- 

 porated, " to establish, maintain, and publish a register of 

 pedigrees of pure-bred Suffolk sheep, and information con- 

 cerning the breed." Sec. G. W. Franklin, Atlantic, Iowa. 



The chief localities of the breed in this country may be 

 recognised by the four districts into which flocks are divided for 

 the quadrennial inspections (a) East Suffolk; (b) Mid, West, 

 and South Suffolk ; (c) Cambs and Norfolk ; and (d) Essex. 

 Four divisional challenge cups, the " Bristol " Champion 

 Challenge Cup (for best flock) and the " Pretyman " Challenge 

 Cup (for best ewe lambs), are offered each year for competition. 



In Scotland, no one has done more to popularise the 

 breed than William Ford, Fentonbarns, East Lothian, who 



