Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 16 November [1913]
Elwes asks Ewart to divide the Shetland ewes between the best woolled Shetland moorit and the best Siberian ram, as he wishes to see what influence the environment may have on the wool. He asks whether Ewart wants to purchase the Shetlands or keep them and charge Elwes for their keep.
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, 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, 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, with enclosed letter to Elwes from J.G Kerr of H.C. Stephens, 22 June 1911
Elwes writes on 22 June 1911 that he will order the Ronaldsay sheep for Ewart. He hopes that Ewart will compare the fleece of 'Murrat' ewe mentioned by H.C Stephens with Cowan's fleeces. Elwes is hoping to get Ewart a fleece of purebred Ryeland, which he believes makes a good cross with the Welsh sheep.
The letter from H.C Stephens, dated 19 June 1911, informs Elwes that he will send him the 'Murrat' ewes shortly, and confirms that he has sent the fleece to Ewart.
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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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