Congested Districts Board (Scotland) (1897-1911)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James N. Forsyth, 27 March 1908
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/14/10
Scope and Contents
Forsyth instructs Ewart not to answer the recent letter in The Oban Times from a J. Macleod. He reports that Maclean of Nunton wants £25 to £30 premium for his stallion to serve in Benbecula but he has instructed the office of the Congested Districts Board not to offer more than £10. He is buying the yellow dun mare from Ritchie and will send for the Connemara pony. He concludes that there will be no Scottish Land Legislation this year.
Dates:
27 March 1908
Newspaper clippings concerning the Congested Districts Board horse breeding scheme, 1908
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/14/27
Scope and Contents
Contains:
'Ponies', The Spectator, 27 October 1900;
'The Highland Pony: Revival of a Neglected Equine Breed', by J. Fairfax Blakeborough, The Scotsman, 6 September 1907;
'The Country House: Horses for the Territorial Army', The Field, 15 February 1908;
'The National Horse...
Dates:
1908
Notes relating to the pony cross-breeding programme of the Congested Districts Board, 14 January 1908
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/14/2
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
14 January 1908
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- Ponies 2
- Animals--Colour 1
- Animals--War use 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Connemara Pony 1
- Crofters 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Horse Sale 1
- Horses 1
- Legislation 1
- Mares 1
- Publications 1
- Stallions 1 + ∧ less
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