Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 30 May 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 09 June [1912]
Elwes writes that he has received a sample of wool and asks if the sheep is from Siberia. He is sorry to hear that Wallace is opposing Ewart.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 10 June 1912
Elwes writes that he has presented the three sheep skins collected by Carruthers to the British Museum on condition that they are mounted at once. He describes the wool of the sheep in the Calcutta Zoological Gardens and recommends that Ewart sees them when he goes. He has applied for a space at Bristol (the Royal Agricultural Show) the following year to exhibit a selection of his pure breeds and crosses, and asks Ewart to join him.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 27 August 1912
Elwes writes that he is ready to send his four fat-tailed ewes to Ewart, and that he is also sending some wool samples from Colonel Powney's sheep. He also encloses a letter concerning sheep which may be the Swiss Bundtner, and recommends that Ewart write to the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture to enquire where the Karakul sheep are to be seen.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 29 August 1912
Elwes says he will research some more about African sheep. Sanderson has told him that the first prize Shetland fleece at the Mid Yell Show is too fine for making good weaving material in cloth, and recommends that they stick to the Moorit colour.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 19 October 1912
Elwes writes that the wool of the Ryeland sheep is probably the softest English-grown wool, that they make a good cross with the Welsh sheep and would probably improve the uniformity of the Shetland. He gives a negative review of Lydekker's book The Sheep and Its Cousins.
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, [c. 06 June 1913]
Elwes regrets that he will no longer have room for Ewart in the car to the Scottish Highlands, but he hopes to see him before the Royal Agricultural Show in July. He thinks his Shetland wether hoggs are not worth keeping another year for their wool alone, so they had better be sold for whatever they are worth. He is sending around 40 fleeces of many crosses to Bradford to be examined and valued.
The letter is undated, although marked 'Friday'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 24 June 1913
Elwes provides some suggestions regarding the transportation of the sheep to Cheltenham from Edinburgh for the Royal Agricultural Show in Bristol. He will send Ewart details of the valuation of the wool for the guidance of Ewart's committee as to future crossing experiments.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 25 October [1913]
Elwes writes that he is enclosing a letter from Brodie about his sheep (letter not present). He asks if Ewart would like to see the sheep skins he has been sent which are dressed for mats and said to be Icelanders from a farm which Sanderson told him about.
The year is not written on the letter.
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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
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