Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Alex Cowan from Henry John Elwes, 11 June 1911
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, 12 August 1912
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 26 May 1913
Ewart reports that the Board of Agriculture see no reason why someone should not be sent to purchase all the sheep that may be rented by him and others, but they are reluctant to move towards forming a Shetland sheep society.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 05 June 1913
Ewart writes that Watson has started for Shetland with sufficient introductions. Ewart's paper will appear in the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. He asks what Elwes wants done with the Shetland hoggs when shorn and with the wethers.
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, 27 April 1911
Elwes writes about his forthcoming visit to Shetland. Barrett-Hamilton, who is studying the mammals of Great Britain, might be able to advise Ewart in Ireland. Elwes hopes Ewart will be able to find a small park where they can deposit the Orkney and Shetland sheep which Ewart is getting.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.11 June 1911]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. June 1911]
Elwes writes that he will settle with the people of Shetland how many sheep to send and when. He also wants sheep from Fairisle and Foula. Balfour of Dawyck wants some sheep sent along with them, and Elwes asks Ewart if he knows of any place near Leith where the sheep could rest for a week en route. He writes that Wallace is hoping to get a grant to carry out cross-breeding experiments at the University and has suggested working together.
The letter is undated.
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.
Additional filters:
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- Wool 11
- Cross-Breeding 9
- Rams 8
- Animal sale 6
- Animals--Colour 6
- Animals--Transportation 6
- Soay sheep 6
- Cheviot sheep 5
- Ewes 5
- Lambs 5
- Sheep breeds 5
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 4
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 4
- Experiments 4
- Hybrids 4
- Publications 4
- Agricultural exhibitions 3
- Animal Markings 3
- Farms 3
- Sheep 3
- Sheep, Breeding 3
- Social Interaction 3
- Societies and Clubs 3
- Welsh mountain sheep 3
- Animal breeders 2
- Blackface sheep 2
- Fat-tailed sheep 2
- Hebridean Sheep 2
- Herdwick (sheep) 2
- Hides and Skins 2
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 2
- Museums 2
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 2
- Ovis nivicola 2
- Photographs 2
- Physical Characteristics 2
- Sheep-shearing 2
- Wensleydale (sheep) 2
- article 2
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 1
- Animal housing 1
- Circular letters 1
- Climate 1
- Committees 1
- Crofters 1
- Embargo 1
- Exmoor Horn (sheep) 1
- Foula sheep 1
- Funding 1
- Horns 1
- Icelandic sheep 1
- Jacob sheep 1
- Livestock--Breeding--Economic aspects 1
- Meat quality 1
- Meetings 1
- Merino sheep 1
- Norfolk Horn (sheep) 1
- Report writing 1
- Ryeland (sheep) 1
- Samples (Commerce) 1
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 1
- Sheep shows 1
- Southdown sheep 1
- Tail 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textile industry 1
- Valuation 1 + ∧ less