Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 28 April 1911
Ewart writes that he will show Elwes Mr Cowan's Shetland sheep at Penicuik and compares features of the Soay and the dun-faced sheep.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 29 September 1913
Ewart writes that he has written about the 'Murrayshire' sheep which he heard about at the Board of Agriculture. Ten Shetland fleeces and some Soay-Southdown wool have been sent to Sanderson. He asks Elwes to return the Soay-Southdown and the Siberian fleeces sent to the Bristol show as they belong to the University.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 19 February 1912
Elwes asks Ewart to send one of his papers to Collett at the Zoological Museum, Christiana (Oslo), to remind him about an enquiry Elwes received concerning the races of sheep on the islands of the Norwegian coast, from which it has been supposed that the Shetland or Soay stock originated.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 April 1913
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 August 1920
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 15 August 1922
Elwes writes that he has been helping Wallace with his account of Shetland-Soay sheep in his new edition of Farm Live Stock and expresses his distress at the difference of opinion between Wallace and Ewart. Elwes reports that Wallace is willing to make amends and offers to help in any way he can. He concludes by remarking on his failing health and offers Ewart a book from his library as a keepsake.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Sheep breeds 3
- Wool 3
- Cheviot sheep 2
- Cross-Breeding 2
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 2
- Hybrids 2
- Agricultural exhibitions 1
- Animal Markings 1
- Animal breeders 1
- Blackface sheep 1
- Climate 1
- Experiments 1
- Hebridean Sheep 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Hides and Skins 1
- Lambs 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Meat quality 1
- Meetings 1
- Museums 1
- Ovis nivicola 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Publications 1
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 1
- Societies and Clubs 1
- Southdown sheep 1
- Wensleydale (sheep) 1
- article 1 + ∧ less