Congested Districts Board (Scotland) (1897-1911)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from J.A Ranald MacDonald, 22 July 1907
MacDonald states that he does not require the young stallion back and asks Ewart to let him know if anyone wishes to buy another of his stallions. He speculates that the Congested Districts Board might pay him a premium for the use of either of his stallions as studs to the crofters' ponies.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James N. Forsyth, 07 August 1907
Forsyth reports that the Congested Districts Board are now ceasing to breed ponies for the crofters as they believe they now have enough stock to keep them going. He thinks that the Board would be happy to purchase the ponies 'Fatima II' and 'Rhona' with their foals and agrees with Ewart that a Highland Pony Society should be formed to make for fairer judging between different breeds.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 08 September 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 08 October 1905
Newspaper clippings concerning the Congested Districts Board horse breeding scheme, 1908
Notes relating to the pony cross-breeding programme of the Congested Districts Board, 14 January 1908
The notes chiefly consist of quotations from newspaper reports relating to the introduction of 'new blood' into the crofters' ponies by the Congested Districts Board in a bid to improve the native stock.
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- Horses--Breeding 4
- Arabian Horses 2
- Cross-Breeding 2
- Highland Pony 2
- Horse Farms 2
- Horse Sale 2
- Newspapers 2
- Animals--War use 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Exmoor pony 1
- Ferns, Classification of 1
- Foals 1
- Horse Breeds 1
- Horses 1
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- Societies and Clubs 1
- Stallions 1 + ∧ less