Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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 James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c.11 June 1911]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 September 1911
Elwes thanks Ewart for the draft of the application which he hopes to submit shortly. If Ewart can secure the grazing on the hill behind his farm, Elwes will send him 30 Shetland ewes. He will take the five sheep that are for sale for £9 and offers Ewart the Herdwick ram that Mr Howard of Greystoke is selling, if Ewart would like to try him with some Cheviot or Blackface ewes. He advises Ewart to get the printed results of experiments at the Cumberland Experimental Farm near Penrith.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 05 September [1912]
Elwes writes that he has bought some sheep from Claud Alexander, and that he will keep the sheep on Ewart's account on his estate until Ewart wants them. He suggests that it would be preferable if Ewart's fat-tailed ram would be sent to himself, and asks whether he received the Shetlands from Greystoke. He thinks he had now better not come to Dundee as he wishes to superintend the earmarking of his new sheep.
The year is not written on the letter.
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, 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.
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- Animals--Transportation 3
- Ewes 3
- Rams 3
- Wool 3
- Sheep 2
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 1
- Agricultural exhibitions 1
- Animal housing 1
- Blackface sheep 1
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 1
- Cheviot sheep 1
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 1
- Experiments 1
- Farms 1
- Fat-tailed sheep 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Hides and Skins 1
- Hybrids 1
- Ovis nivicola 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Societies and Clubs 1
- Valuation 1 + ∧ less