Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1903-1919)
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 01 December 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/80
Scope and Contents
Ewart confirms the cost for sending the sheep. He comments on the Board of Agriculture's plans to have a small upland station.
Dates:
01 December 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 03 May [1914]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/7
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he has returned from a successful trip to Nepal and Sikkim. He has got a fine lot of lambs which he wishes to show Ewart before they are clipped. He has some of the so-called Wallachian sheep offered to him from North Hungary, but he cannot get leave from the Board of Agriculture to bring them over, and asks whether Ewart could do any better.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
03 May [1914]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Haveley, 13 April 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/21
Scope and Contents
Haveley describes his recent travels around Devon searching for pack horses and provides details on a pack stallion, although he is convinced that the Board of Agriculture will not buy him for the County. He proposes to gather together the names of men interested in horse breeding to purchase him, and also 10 to 15 of the best old pack mares. He is convinced that in six years time there will be a great demand for pack stallions by the Board of Agriculture and foreign governments. He reports...
Dates:
13 April 1912