74 
Suffolk  Sheep. 
Wether  Lambs  (under  12  months  old). 
Average  Weight 
Average  Weight 
Date. 
(pen  of  three) 
(per  lamb) 
Lb. 
Lb. 
190(i 
562 
1873 
1907 
617 
205-6 
1908 
637 
212-2 
1909 
622 
207  3 
1910 
615 
205-0 
Average 
6106 
203-5 
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Management. — There  is  no  doubt  the  pure-bred  Suffolk 
does  best  on  arable  land  and  upland  pasture.  The  breed  does 
not  show  to  the  same  advantage  on  marsh  or  wet  or  heavy  land 
pastures  as  some  of  the  white-faced  breeds.  Still,  on  such 
pasturage,  the  Suffolk  makes  a good  sire  to  cross  on  suitable 
ewes,  in  fact,  it  is  not  easy  to  put  Suffolk  crosses  in  the 
wrong  place.  The  “tegs”  or  hoggets,  as  lambs  are  called 
locally  from  9 months  old  until  they  are  clipped,  when 
pushed  on  in  their  own  district  on  arable  land,  are  a credit 
to  any  flock-master  when  they  are  brought  to  market  from 
September  to  March.  At  Ipswich,  Newmarket,  and  Bury 
St.  Edmunds  there  are  a great  number  of  such  Suffolks  penned 
for  the  September  and  October  markets.  Butchers  give  quite 
as  much  per  lb.  for  these  sheep  as  for  any  other,  in  fact, 
weighing  as  they  do  from  70  to  90  lb.  carcass  weight,  and 
being  full  of  lean  meat,  they  often  make  more  than  anything 
else- — large  sheep  are  quite  neglected  while  these  can  be 
obtained. 
These  tegs  have  kale  cabbage,  swedes,  or  kohl-rabi  on  the 
arable  land  with  plenty  of  trough  food.  But  while  they  want 
plenty  of  good  food,  they  do  not  require  constant  daily  change 
of  fold  to  stimulate  their  appetites,  for  the  Suffolk  is  a very 
hearty  feeder  and  kindly  doer.  The  following  is  an  account 
of  the  system  of  management  on  light  land  farms  where  such 
tegs  are  reared  in  large  quantities  in  East  Anglia,  ram  breeding 
not  being  the  object  in  view. 
It  used  to  be  the  custom  to  turn  sevei’al  rams  in  with 
the  entire  flock  of  ewes,  but  of  late  years  it  has  become  more 
common  to  divide  the  ewe  flock  up  into  small  lots,  and  put 
a single  ram  with  each  separate  group.  No  doubt  this  is 
a much  wiser  plan,  for  by  so  doing  the  individual  produce 
of  each  ram  is  known.  At  the  time  of  mating,  it  is  usual 
to  “flush”  the  ewes  by  providing  a fold  of  rape,  or  as  it  is 
called  in  East  Anglia,  “coleworts,”  or  of  kale,  or  mustard, 
or  cabbage.  The  object  of  this  “flushing”  is  to  bring  the 
ewes  into  a lusty  condition  conducive  to  a good  crop  of 
lambs.  The  rams  are  put  to  the  ewes  any  time  from  October 
