Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 19 April 1915
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/9
Scope and Contents
Elwes enquires whether Ewart thinks it worthwhile to import any sheep from the Faroes, and if so, could Lord Bute or Cowan take them, as he has no room. He refers to a letter from a Mrs Taylor which mentions crossing a fox-coloured ram with a black ewe. He reports that Ewart's Blackfaces are the most profitable of his sheep so far, except for their wool. He will be selling the remainder of Ewart's hoggs.
Dates:
19 April 1915
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 August 1920
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/26/2
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he has been invited to the Blackface Sheep Breeders' Association meeting in Perth. He does not think wild sheep could be used in the improvement of British wool. He is also doubtful whether a cross between a Blackface and Soay sheep would be able to withstand the climate of the West Highlands, or whether the lower quality of their meat and wool would render the experiment worthwhile. He believes the Blackface-Cheviot or Blackface-Shetland cross would be preferable and would...
Dates:
13 August 1920
Filtered By
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Animal breeders 1
- Animal sale 1
- Animals--Colour 1
- Animals--Transportation 1
- Cheviot sheep 1
- Climate 1
- Ewes 1
- Experiments 1
- Hybrids 1
- Meat quality 1
- Meetings 1
- Rams 1
- Sheep 1
- Shetland sheep 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Societies and Clubs 1 + ∧ less
∨ more