Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 12 August 1912
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 25 November 1912
Ewart encloses a cheque for the ewes Elwes is sending him, and confirms the number of sheep that are being sent. He tried to cross a he-goat with some ewes but there was no progeny. He asks if Ewart would like to see Appel's book on sheep.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 13 January 1913
Ewart writes that the account for the sheep from Cheltenham has already been paid. He tells Elwes to make a note of anything interesting on his travels, and if Elwes is back by March they may meet at the Zoological Congress in Monte Carlo. He reports that Elwes' two fat-rumped sheep and a dozen more ewes seem to be in lamb to the fat-tailed ram, and that the cloth Elwes sent is much admired. Now that Ewart's lectures are over for the winter he hopes to get some writing done.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.11 June 1911]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 04 July 1911
Elwes is sending Ewart the fleece of a Cheviot-Shetland cross from Shetland and that he will also receive a fleece of a first-prize shearling Welsh ewe. He is also enclosing photographs of sheep showing four generations and asks Ewart's advice on what would be the most interesting cross out of them. He asks when Ewart and Wallace are going to examine the wools.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 September 1911
Elwes thanks Ewart for the draft of the application which he hopes to submit shortly. If Ewart can secure the grazing on the hill behind his farm, Elwes will send him 30 Shetland ewes. He will take the five sheep that are for sale for £9 and offers Ewart the Herdwick ram that Mr Howard of Greystoke is selling, if Ewart would like to try him with some Cheviot or Blackface ewes. He advises Ewart to get the printed results of experiments at the Cumberland Experimental Farm near Penrith.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 May 1912
Elwes writes that he has just returned from Formosa and invites Ewart to visit him in time for the shearing of the ewes. He will also invite Lort and Bateson to settle which rams are to be kept for future experiments.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 16 August [1912]
Elwes writes that he has heard that the sheep at Greystoke will be transported once the restrictions in Peebles are lifted. He recommends that Ewart take a photograph of the Foula ewes while they are alive. He is buying some of Lort's Manx and Manx-Soay crosses, and a black bull with a broad white belt. He would like to put his fat-tailed ewes to Ewart's fat-tailed ram.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 27 August 1912
Elwes writes that he is ready to send his four fat-tailed ewes to Ewart, and that he is also sending some wool samples from Colonel Powney's sheep. He also encloses a letter concerning sheep which may be the Swiss Bundtner, and recommends that Ewart write to the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture to enquire where the Karakul sheep are to be seen.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c 15 September 1912]
Elwes thanks Ewart and his wife for their hospitality. He asks Ewart to let him know when he can spare the ram, as he will need to buy some spotted ewes for him as well as keep his fat-tails, and does not want to be any later than 10th October.
The letter is undated.
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- Rams 11
- Animals--Transportation 8
- Animal sale 7
- Sheep 7
- Wool 6
- Fat-tailed sheep 5
- Shetland sheep 5
- Animal Markings 4
- Animals--Colour 4
- Cross-Breeding 4
- Sheep, Breeding 4
- Blackface sheep 3
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 3
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 3
- Farms 3
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 3
- Photographs 3
- Social Interaction 3
- Cheviot sheep 2
- Experiments 2
- Hybrids 2
- Lambs 2
- Physical Characteristics 2
- Welsh mountain sheep 2
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 1
- Agricultural exhibitions 1
- Animal housing 1
- Bulls 1
- Congresses and Conventions 1
- Crofters 1
- Embargo 1
- Goats 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Horns 1
- Jacob sheep 1
- Karakul sheep 1
- Lectures and Lecturing 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Museums 1
- Ovis nivicola 1
- Pregnancy in animals 1
- Publications 1
- Ryeland (sheep) 1
- Samples (Commerce) 1
- Sheep breeds 1
- Sheep-shearing 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Tail 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Wiltshire Horn (sheep) 1
- Zoos 1 + ∧ less