THE DRAFT BREEDS OF HORSES 43 
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. 
