Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 20 August 1911
Ewart writes that he is enclosing a report on the wool from Watson, Wallace's assistant, although he has not yet heard about the Iceland wool. He would like to have the Ronaldsay sheep, and understands that they live between a wall and the sea and feed mainly on seaweed.
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, 11 April [1911]
Elwes writes that he is glad that Ewart does not object to joint work, and suggests starting the study with 'the Highland Society' before doing something more ambitious in a few years' time. He asks Ewart to seek out the papers of a society formed more than a 100 years earlier in Edinburgh for the improvement of sheep and wool.
The year is not written on the letter.
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, 12 August 1911
Elwes is sending Ewart samples of Iceland wool which he would like him to compare them with Cowan's. He judges it to be less fine than the Shetland and not as long as the white wool. He also lists the names of the recipients of the circular he has sent.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 23 August [1911]
Elwes thanks Ewart for the report, and requests that Watson returns the fleeces to him at once as he wants to show them to a cloth manufacturer as well as to Bateson, who will be visiting. He will send Ewart his Norfolk rams if he wants to try crossing them with some Cheviots. He has received few answers to the circular, and complains of 'the apathy of the average English landowner'.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 06 September [1911]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 27 September [1911]
Elwes asks for feedback on his notes on Ewart's sheep, which he intends to publish. He stresses the importance of photographing the sheep, as well as taking the measurements of the weights and lengths of the fleeces. He will send the black ram lamb to Ewart shortly.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. 08 October 1911]
Elwes asks Ewart what the Ronaldsay sheep were like, and whether Eagle Clark is back from St Kilda yet. He reports that they have an acknowledgement of their application from the Board of Agriculture. He also mentions that he will be visiting the wool manufacturer Sanderson.
Letter is undated, although marked 'Sunday', which appears to place it around 8th October (ie the Sunday before the following letter, Coll-14/9/17/65).
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- Wool 25
- Shetland sheep 11
- Cross-Breeding 9
- Sheep 9
- Ewes 6
- Hybrids 6
- Animals--Transportation 5
- Hides and Skins 5
- Rams 5
- Agricultural exhibitions 4
- Animal sale 4
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 4
- Cheviot sheep 4
- Icelandic sheep 4
- Ovis nivicola 4
- Samples (Commerce) 4
- Sheep breeds 4
- Soay sheep 4
- Societies and Clubs 4
- Animals--Colour 3
- Experiments 3
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 3
- Photographs 3
- Publications 3
- Welsh mountain sheep 3
- Animal breeders 2
- Blackface sheep 2
- Circular letters 2
- Committees 2
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 2
- Fat-tailed sheep 2
- Lambs 2
- Meetings 2
- Museums 2
- Reports and Dissertations 2
- Ryeland (sheep) 2
- Sheep, Breeding 2
- Textile fabrics 2
- Textile industry 2
- Valuation 2
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 1
- Animal Breeding 1
- Animal Markings 1
- Animal feeding 1
- Authorship, Collaboration 1
- Climate 1
- Domestic Animals 1
- Farms 1
- Hebridean Sheep 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Karakul sheep 1
- Lectures and Lecturing 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Meat quality 1
- Merino sheep 1
- Norfolk Horn (sheep) 1
- Quarantine 1
- Report writing 1
- Research Institutes 1
- Sheep shows 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Southdown sheep 1
- Wensleydale (sheep) 1
- Wool industry 1
- Zoos 1
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