Oliphant, George A., Colonel, fl 1898-1910 (employee on Woburn estate, Bedfordshire (England))
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 26 May 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/15/15
Scope and Contents
Oliphant writes that one of the Przewalski's mares has died after miscarrying her foal. He asks if Ewart could let them have the use of his Przewalski's mare that season to keep the race going. He reports that a Przewalski's foal and two hybrids have been born, but they have not yet been able to approach them to ascertain their gender.
Dates:
26 May 1909
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Colonel George A. Oliphant, 11 February 1910
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/3
Scope and Contents
Oliphant asks if Ewart himself can't manage to carry ouy the experiment with the female foal out of the Przewalski's mare by the Highland pony and a hybrid male by a Przewalski's stallion out of a pony mare, as space is getting cramped at Woburn. He reports that they are going through with the experiment crossing Nepalese unicorn sheep with Southdown sheep, and they propose to do a similar experiment with Grevy's zebras and French Giant donkeys. The Duke of Bedford also asks Ewart's advice...
Dates:
11 February 1910
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- Animal Breeding 1
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- Donkeys 1
- Experiments 1
- Gender 1
- Grevy's zebra 1
- Highland Pony 1
- Pregnancy in animals 1
- Sheep 1
- Soay sheep 1
- Southdown sheep 1
- Stallions 1 + ∧ less
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