Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 03 May [1914]
Elwes writes that he has returned from a successful trip to Nepal and Sikkim. He has got a fine lot of lambs which he wishes to show Ewart before they are clipped. He has some of the so-called Wallachian sheep offered to him from North Hungary, but he cannot get leave from the Board of Agriculture to bring them over, and asks whether Ewart could do any better.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. May 1914]
Elwes asks Ewart to let him know when he can visit his sheep. He has shorn the rams but the brown Siberian will have to be killed as he has a cancerous growth on his jaw. He describes what sheep cross-breeding he intends to do and states that he must move the Wallachian sheep from Hungary.
The letter is undated.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 March 1915
Elwes asks Ewart to come and see him if he is going to visit Sir Claud Alexander. He asks Ewart to tell him if they can get a ram from the Faroes, and whether he can be admitted to Edinburgh during or after the war.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 19 April 1915
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.1918]
Elwes writes that he has written a letter which he would like Ewart to send to The Field, in defence of a statement made by Ewart which involves Elwes. He describes the skins of some cross-bred sheep which he has bought and will send to Ewart.
The letter is undated, although marked 'Tuesday'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 August 1920
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 23 November 1921
Elwes writes that the Zoological Society no longer wishes to keep his three-year old Soay ram, and he wonders whether the Edinburgh Zoological Society might like him. He asks whether Ewart knows of anyone who will make him cloth made from Moorit wool.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 26 January 1922
Elwes writes that he has enclosed a letter concerning Merino rams in Australia. He recommends the book 'Tutira, A History of New Zealand Sheep Farm' by Guthrie-Smith and confirms visiting arrangements for Ewart and his wife.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 02 March 1922
Elwes writes that he is sending some remarks about the report of the Committee on wool, of which Ewart was chiefly the author. Elwes believes that the Committee fails to realise that with the possible exception of the Merino and Shetland, wool is of minor importance to the breeder, and that no definite type of wool suitable for any specified purpose is indicated. He does not feel that the Welsh farm or Fochabers are suitable for experiments on crossing because they are low country farms.
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:
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- Sheep 45
- Animals--Transportation 40
- Rams 33
- Shetland sheep 26
- Wool 26
- Cross-Breeding 20
- Social Interaction 20
- Ewes 19
- Sheep breeds 18
- Agricultural exhibitions 17
- Animals--Colour 17
- Animal sale 16
- Publications 16
- Lambs 14
- article 14
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 12
- Photographs 12
- Fat-tailed sheep 11
- Hybrids 11
- Soay sheep 11
- Farms 10
- Sheep, Breeding 10
- Experiments 9
- Hides and Skins 9
- Ovis nivicola 9
- Icelandic sheep 8
- Museums 8
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 8
- Societies and Clubs 8
- Animal Markings 7
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 6
- Cheviot sheep 6
- Embargo 6
- Proofreading 6
- Welsh mountain sheep 6
- Blackface sheep 5
- Horns 5
- Sheep-shearing 5
- Zoos 5
- Lectures and Lecturing 4
- Ryeland (sheep) 4
- Samples (Commerce) 4
- Textile fabrics 4
- Textile industry 4
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 3
- Animal Breeding 3
- Animal housing 3
- Circular letters 3
- Committees 3
- Domestic Animals 3
- Funding 3
- Hebridean Sheep 3
- Jacob sheep 3
- Karakul sheep 3
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 3
- Merino sheep 3
- Norfolk Horn (sheep) 3
- Physical Characteristics 3
- Reports and Dissertations 3
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 3
- Skull 3
- Wensleydale (sheep) 3
- Animal breeders 2
- Animals--Health 2
- Authorship, Collaboration 2
- Bulls 2
- Goats 2
- Herdwick (sheep) 2
- Meetings 2
- Prehistoric animals 2
- Quarantine 2
- Research Institutes 2
- Southdown sheep 2
- Valuation 2
- Wallachian sheep 2
- Animal feeding 1
- Archaeological sites 1
- Cattle 1
- Cedar 1
- Climate 1
- Congresses and Conventions 1
- Crofters 1
- Exmoor Horn (sheep) 1
- Faroes (sheep) 1
- Foula sheep 1
- Foxhounds 1
- Hunting dogs--Breeding 1
- Illustrations 1
- Livestock--Breeding--Economic aspects 1
- Meat quality 1
- Newspapers 1
- Ouessant (sheep) 1
- Parasites 1
- Ponies 1
- Pregnancy in animals 1
- Report writing 1
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep 1
- Sheep shows 1
- Specimens 1
- Tail 1 + ∧ less