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MacDonald writes on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland, enclosing a precept for the sum of £200 to assist with the costs of his experiments in stockbreeding. On the reverse side of the letter is a draft reply from Ewart in which he expresses his gratitude for the donation. He also urges members of the Society to purchase Ewart's Penycuik Experiments.

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MacDonald informs Ewart that his application for additional funding for his livestock breeding experiments has been presented to the directors of the Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland. However, the directors have decided that unless Ewart is able to prove that his experiments will be of direct benefit to breeders of farm livestock in Scotland, they will be unable to offer any further grant.

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Forsyth reports that the other members of the Congested Districts Board are complimentary about Ewart's proposed Report on Ponies, although because parts of it have already appeared in the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society, they do not wish to publish it. He hopes that the pony 'Atholl' has arrived in South Uist.

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Hope thanks Ewart for his letter concerning the chestnuts (callosities) on the pony 'Vulcan' and 'Odin' and confirms that the pony 'Thorean' has no sign of hind chestnuts or ergots. She reports that they were much taken with Ewart's yellow Highland pony's colour at the show.

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Dykes offers his opinions on what horses are best to cross with, choosing the modern Hackney and an Arab Highland cross. He says he will inform Ewart about the white maned mare which belongs to a carting contractor whose stables are in Portobello.

There is also a copy, in Dykes' hand, of the programme for the Highland and Agricultural Society, Inverness Show, 1839 and a copy of a letter to Dykes on behalf of Lord Lovat about a pony stallion 'Alan Kingsburgh'.

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Rider thanks Ewart for the letter and books and states that he will shortly send Ewart photographs of two Holstein-Jersey cross-bred heifers and a tail-less calf. He is interested in beginning experiments with Siberian sheep and hopes to be able to exchange ram lambs with Ewart. He wonders whether the Agricultural Society of Scotland would be willing to send some livestock reports to Syracuse University.

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NB: the minutes, which are looseleaf, are copies, not originals.

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Minutes are copies, not originals. December 1935, Dec 1946 and June 1947 only present.

Scope and Contents Silver medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. On the obverse is the logo of the Society (raised seated classical female figure with Scottish armorial shield honouring figures representing agriculture and industry) with the legend 'Semper Armis Nunc Et Industria' and on the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription 'J. Cossar Ewart / Duddingston House / For St Kilda Ewe With Twin Lambs / By Blackface Tup / Peebles Show / 1906'. Around the border is...

Scope and Contents Silver medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. On the obverse is the logo of the Society (raised seated classical female figure with Scottish armorial shield honouring figures representing agriculture and industry) with the legend 'Semper Armis Nunc Et Industria' and on the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription 'J. Cossar Ewart / Duddingston House / For / Highland Pony Stallion / "Braemore" / Edinburgh Show / 1907.' Around the border is inscribed...