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Wales, South Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Jamaica. 

 The breed is also in other countries. In the United States 

 Suffolks have almost no record, barring a few isolated flocks. 

 They are especially suited to low or slightly rolling lands of good 

 grazing character. In the United States breeders of Suffolk 

 Downs are almost unknown. In the great sheep shows of the 

 country the breed is practically unrepresented. Even professional 

 showmen do not exhibit Suffolks, and no classes are provided for 

 them. From the show-ring point of view they are quite attractive 

 and would add materially to the interest attached to our sheep 

 exhibitions, notably at state fairs and the International Live 

 Stock Exposition. 



Organizations for promoting Suffolk Down sheep were first 

 established in 1886, when the Suffolk Down Sheep Society 

 organized, publishing its first flock book in 1887. In 1892 the 

 American Suffolk Flock Registry Association was organized, 

 with headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa. Up to 1905 this asso- 

 ciation had published no flock book. 



