Agrarian Changes

Selective breeding
Cotswold Sheep
Suffolk sheep
• The Suffolk is a British breed of domestic sheep. It originated in the
late eighteenth century in the area of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, as
a result of cross-breeding when Norfolk Horn ewes were put to
improved Southdown rams.
• It is a polled, black-faced breed, and is raised primarily for its meat. It
has been exported to many countries, and is among the most
numerous breeds of sheep worldwide.[4]: 
• The Suffolk originated in the area surrounding Bury St. Edmunds in 
Suffolk in the late eighteenth century, as a result of cross-breeding
 when Norfolk Horn ewes were put to improved Southdown rams.
•   They were at first known as Blackfaces or Southdown-Norfolks; the
first use of the name "Suffolk" for these sheep dates to 1797. In 1810
it was recognised as distinct breed, but was not known by the present
name until 1859. A breed society, the English Suffolk Society, was
formed in 1886; a flock-book published in the following year recorded
some 15,000 ewes.