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 John Frederick Lort-Phillips, 11 March 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/13
Scope and Contents
Lort-Phillips writes that he agrees Phillpotts-Williams is in too much of a hurry due to fear that others 'will forestall him in taking the lead'. He feels that the Board of Agriculture's policy is the wrong one and emphasises the importance of scientific research in agriculture.
Dates:
11 March 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 November 1904
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/116
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway states that he will leave room in his paper for Ewart's new-found reference to the habitat of Ward's zebra. He seeks Ewart's advice on various unidentified horse skulls in the museum in Cambridge. He states that, as Bateson considers it unlikely that any Mendelian study on horses or other large mammals will take place in Cambridge, this could strengthen Ewart's case with the Board of Agriculture on establishing a research station. He mentions the skins of Ward's zebras which are...
Dates:
05 November 1904