Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 12 August 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/49
Scope and Contents
Ewart writes from Lerwick, Shetland, that he would be happy to arrange to keep the 15 ewes and lambs at Fairslacks for a year at a fair price, although it will be best not to add to the permanent stock until the farm is taken over by the University in October or November that year. At an exhibition on Shetland he saw a ewe as small as the one in the British Museum from Papa Stour with goat-like horns and a very short tail, as well as a hornless, short-tailed ewe with white patches at Foula;...
Dates:
12 August 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 April 1913
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/16
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that nearly all of his sheep have now lambed. He concludes that the Soay, Manx or Hebridean sheep are not worth keeping except for ornamental value, that the Welsh spotted and Shetland sheep are hardier and that the Cheviot lamb crosses are not as hardy as one would expect. Elwes wants a wool expert to report on his various sheep at clipping time. Next season he proposes to cross Herdwicks and Shetlands more largely and to get more of the spotted breed and some Wensleydales.
Dates:
20 April 1913
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- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 1
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- Hebridean Sheep 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Horns 1
- Hybrids 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Museums 1
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