Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 12 March 1913
Elwes asks Ewart to reply to a letter concerning the old Wiltshire sheep. He reports that his ewes have just begun lambing and that Ewart's blackfaces are in the best condition of all. He has heard that the Indian sheep at 'the Zoo' are being cleared out to make room for the new rock work, and he suggests Ewart try to get them for Edinburgh Zoo.
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, 31 May 1913
Elwes asks Ewart to approve a short notice of their exhibit for insertion in press information. He believes it would be more interesting to show the Southdown-Soay cross and lamb instead of the Wensleydale.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 03 May [1914]
Elwes writes that he has returned from a successful trip to Nepal and Sikkim. He has got a fine lot of lambs which he wishes to show Ewart before they are clipped. He has some of the so-called Wallachian sheep offered to him from North Hungary, but he cannot get leave from the Board of Agriculture to bring them over, and asks whether Ewart could do any better.
The year is not written on the letter.
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- Rams 8
- Animals--Transportation 6
- Animals--Colour 5
- Shetland sheep 5
- Cross-Breeding 3
- Ewes 3
- Sheep 3
- Wensleydale (sheep) 3
- Agricultural exhibitions 2
- Animal Markings 2
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 2
- Embargo 2
- Farms 2
- Hybrids 2
- Sheep, Breeding 2
- Soay sheep 2
- Wool 2
- article 2
- Animal sale 1
- Blackface sheep 1
- Cheviot sheep 1
- Crofters 1
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 1
- Fat-tailed sheep 1
- Hebridean Sheep 1
- Herdwick (sheep) 1
- Horns 1
- Lectures and Lecturing 1
- Livestock--Breeding--Economic aspects 1
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 1
- Museums 1
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 1
- Parasites 1
- Photographs 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Publications 1
- Quarantine 1
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep 1
- Sheep breeds 1
- Sheep-shearing 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Southdown sheep 1
- Tail 1
- Tuberculosis 1
- Veterinary Medicine 1
- Wallachian sheep 1
- Welsh mountain sheep 1
- Wiltshire Horn (sheep) 1
- Zoos 1 + ∧ less