Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1903-1919)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Cannington of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 24 November 1910
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/40
Scope and Contents
Cannington informs Ewart that the Development Commissioners are prepared to recommend that £40,000 annual grant be made for the encouragement of light horse breeding in Great Britain. He requests that Ewart serve on the Advisory Council of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and outlines their proposals for use of the money, namely as the payment of premiums to stallion owners.
Dates:
24 November 1910
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Frederick Lort-Phillips, 05 February 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/4
Scope and Contents
Lort-Phillips provides comments on Ewart's treatise on 'eugenics and the breeding of light horses', which suggests ways in which funding from the Board of Agriculture should be used to approach such a scheme of breeding.
Dates:
05 February 1912