Cowan, Alex, fl 1911 (Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg (Scotland))
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 29 August 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/55
Scope and Contents
Ewart thanks Elwes for the wool samples and the details about the Austrian Skemschaf. The four sheep have not yet arrived from Greystoke, but he doubts they are allowed into Scotland yet. Cowan is coming to see the Shetland ram from Fairisle and that he will use it with Elwes' ewes if it is judged to be better than Alexander's ram.
Dates:
29 August 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 19 April 1915
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/9
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
19 April 1915
Notes in an unknown hand concerning the Blackface-Southdown cross of sheep, 30 November 1914
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/28
Scope and Contents
The notes record that there is now a small healthy flock of Blackface-Southdown sheep crosses. The first generation has already given straightforward results and the saleable value of the fleeces and carcases have been judged favourably. It is likely that this experiment will be extended by the purchase of more Blackface ewes and a new Southdown ram, although a reciprocal crossing with Southdown ewes should ideally be carried out on a Sussex farm where the ewes would be in their natural...
Dates:
30 November 1914
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- Animals--Transportation 2
- Blackface sheep 2
- Cross-Breeding 2
- Animal sale 1
- Animals--Colour 1
- Embargo 1
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 1
- Experiments 1
- Farms 1
- Hybrids 1
- Samples (Commerce) 1
- Sheep 1
- Sheep breeds 1
- Sheep, Breeding 1
- Shetland sheep 1
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