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America. In 1904 William Riddell and Sons of Oregon imported 

 I ram and 4 ewes from England. These were exhibited at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis the same year, but were 

 not looked upon with favor, not being regarded as good specimens 

 of the breed. In 1906 the Wyoming Experiment Station imported 

 I ram and 3 ewes. Again in 1909 Riddell and Sons made an im- 

 portation, this time of i ram and 1 1 ewes from New Zealand, since 

 which this firm has made two other importations, all three coming 



Fig. 307. A pair of Romney Marsh ewes exhibited in 1915 at the Panama- 

 Pacific International Exposition. From photograph, by courtesy of the American 



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from the flock of E. Short. In 1909 A. J. Hickman of Kent, 

 England, sent 32 rams to America, which were not well received. 

 At present there are but few of these sheep in the United States. 



The promotion of Romney Marsh sheep in England is under 

 the supervision of the Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders' 

 Association, with headquarters in London. This association has 

 published twenty-four volumes of flock books up to 19 19. 



On December 5, 191 1, the American Romney Sheep Breeders' 

 Association was organized at Chicago, the late J. E. Wing being 

 its main promoter and its first secretary. This organization up to 

 1919 had registered but few sheep and published no flock book. 



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