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200 Wethers, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2808
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a flock of 200 wethers in a field in the early/mid 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that these sheep clipped an average of 19 lb 10 1/2 oz. each for 14 1/2 months growth.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A comparative study of fleece growth in Tasmanian Fine Merino and Wiltshire Horn ewes, 1961

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/125
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1958 - 1961. Volume 2 of 19.

Dates: 1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A Crucial Test, Uardry [Station], New South Wales, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/650
Scope and Contents

Photograph of several mens hands pulling the wool away from the back of a sheep to test its quality at Uardry Station, New South Wales in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A note on fleece cotting (felting) in sheep, 1984

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/861
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1984. Volume 18 of 19.

Dates: 1984
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A note on staple formation in fleeces, December 1976

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/560
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1976. Volume 10 of 19.

Dates: December 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A note on the effect of changes in daylength on the seasonal wool growth cycle in Soay sheep, 1976

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/561
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1976. Volume 10 of 19.

Dates: 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A note on the failure of thyroxine to restore wool growth to inactive follicles, 1973

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/435
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1973 - 1974. Volume 8 of 19.

Dates: 1973
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A note on the fleece characteristics of Oxford Down sheep, 1985

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/882
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1985. Volume 19 of 19.

Dates: 1985
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

A role for the Merino in British sheep production, 1977

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/581
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1977. Volume 11 of 19.

Dates: 1977
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Ancient Scythian wool from the Crimea, 13 April 1973

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/438
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1973 - 1974. Volume 8 of 19.

Dates: 13 April 1973
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Wool 87
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Animal Genetics 61
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Names
Ryder, Michael Lawson, 1927-2015 44
Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist) 26
Carter, H B, fl1955 7
Sanderson, Harry, fl 1911 (wool manufacturer) 6
Cowan, Alex, fl 1911 (Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg (Scotland)) 5
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Slee, John, fl1959 5
Wiener, Gerald, 1926-2023 (geneticist; former deputy director of the Animal Breeding Research Organisation) 5
Alexander, Sir Claud, fl 1910-1930 4
Barker, Aldred F., fl 1921 (professor of textile industries, University of Leeds) 4
Crichton-Stuart, John, 4th Marquess of Bute, 1881-1947 (Scottish peer) 4
Wallace, Robert, Professor, 1853-1939 (professor of agriculture and rural economy) 4
Woolliams, John A, fl1978 (scientist) 4
Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (English biologist and professor of genetics, University of Cambridge) 3
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1903-1919) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
University of Leeds Department of Textile Industries (1880-:) 3
White, T.M.A, fl 1922 3
British Museum (Natural History) (1881-1991) 2
Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne, 1877-1951 (Australian zoologist) 2
Priestley, G C, fl1977 2
Purser, A F, fl1956 2
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 2
Watson, James Alexander Scott, 1889-fl 1911 (professor of agriculture, University of Edinburgh) 2
Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 1881-1959 (1st Earl of Halifax | Conservative politician) 2
Alipore Zoological Gardens. Calcutta/Kolkata Zoo (1876-:) 1
Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management 1
Bangor University. University College of North Wales 1884-2007 (1884-) 1
Blackface Sheep Breeders' Association (1901-:) 1
Boaz, T G, fl1977 1
British Association for the Advancement of Science (1831-:) 1
British Research Association for Woollen and Worsted Industries (1915-?) 1
Caddy, Edith Rollo, fl 1927-d.1964 1
Cameron, Duncan, c1818-1900 (police officer | Lochaline | Argyllshire) 1
Carruthers, William, 1830-1922 (botanist, Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum) 1
Charlet, P, fl1956 1
Clarke, William Eagle, 1853-1938 (ornithologist) 1
Cockayne, A.H, fl. 1924 (biologist, Department of Agriculture, Wellington) 1
Curr, William Simpson, fl 1910 1
Dunoon Agricultural Society (fl. 1927-:) 1
Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart) 1
Field, A C, fl1966 1
Gabra-Sanders, Thea, fl1984 1
Gillespie, Thomas Haining, 1876-1967 (solicitor, zoological administrator, and broadcaster) 1
Gordon, William, fl 1913 1
Greystoke Castle (1069-:) 1
H.C Stephens (fl. 1911) 1
Head, K W, fl1977 1
Hedges, J W, fl1973 1
Institute of Science and Industry (Australia). Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry (1920-1926) 1
Kaczkowski, B., fl 1926 (scientist) 1
Karam, H A, fl1967 1
Lamont, Augusta, 1874-1958 (assistant in the Natural History Department, University of Edinburgh) 1
Lee, G J, fl1980 1
Lincoln, G A, fl1976 1
Lort, G.P, fl 1910 1
Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 (palaeontologist) 1
MacMillan, Donald, c1800-1874 (cottar | Rodel | Isle of Harris) 1
MacRury, John Ewen, c1853-1909 (Torlum | Benbecula) 1
Malcolm, Edward Donald, Colonel, 1837-1930 (16th Laird of Poltalloch) 1
Miller, William C., fl 1931 (Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh) 1
New Zealand Department of Agriculture (1892-2012) 1
Powney, Colonel, fl 1912 1
Prawochenski, Roman, fl 1925 (professor of animal breeding, Agricultural Department, Jagellonian University) 1
Roberts, R C, fl1958 1
Royal Military Academy (1741-1939) 1
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (1909) 1
Rural Development Commission. Development Commission 1910-1987 (1910-2000) 1
Scottish Home Department. formerly Board of Agriculture for Scotland then Department of Agriculture for Scotland (1928-1939) (1939-:) 1
South of Scotland Central Technical College (1889-1922) 1
Stordy, Robert John, Colonel, fl 1904 (chief veterinary officer for British East Africa) 1
Suttle, N F, fl1978 1
Tempest, W M, fl1977 1
Tibbets, Janet P, fl1959 1
Uardry Station (1864-2012) 1
University of Leeds (1904-:) 1
Vagg, M J, fl1983 1
Vale, Thomas, fl 1924 (justice of the peace) 1
Walker, M F, fl1984 1
Will Cooper and Nephews (1900s) 1
Wilson, D T, fl1972 1
Wolseley Plc. Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited (1887 -) 1
Zoological Society of London (1826:-) 1
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