Congested Districts Board (Scotland) (1897-1911)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Animals--War use 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Crofters 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Horses 1