Cattle
Found in 915 Collections and/or Records:
Lancastershire Show, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the [Royal] Lancastershire [Agricultural] Show in the early 20th century showing a stand with people watching cattle being paraded in front of them in a line.
Landseer's Chillingham Cattle, 1870s-1930s
Sketch of Chillingham cattle by Landseer in the [c1860s].
Larne Swis[s], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a line of Swiss cattle tethered to a fence in Larne [Northern Ireland] in the early 20th century.
Last of Rhodes 1000 Cattle, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a black and white spotted cow, the last of [Cecil] Rhodes 1000 cattle, standing on the plains with the mountains in the background of Mashonaland, Zimbabwe.
Latex Cart. Highlands and Lowlands, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a cow drawing a latex cart in a farm yard next to an Indian man in the Highlands and Lowlands in the early 20th century.
Letter from Hamilton Estates Office, 1922
A letter from Hamilton Estates Office to T.H. Gillespie, dated 6th September 1922. The Hamilton estate is unable to offer Cadzow Wild Cattle to the RZSS at the time of correspondence.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 17 October 1912
Ewart writes that the embargo on transporting sheep and cattle between England and Scotland will be lifted in a few days. He thinks he may get the use of one of the islands in the Forth for sheep that are too wild for fences. He asks whether Elwes knows the Ryeland breed of sheep, as it has been suggested that he should put some to the 'Siberian' ram.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A.J Pressland, 27 January 1899
Pressland offers information on heredity, following a paper Ewart gave at the Royal Society in London. He cites several instances of cattle with exceptional colouring.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alexander E. MacLeod, 21 February 1911
MacLeod writes that he does not currently keep a bull, but that he can reserve Ewart a bull calf when his cows calve. He recommends two other people who might be able to provide a bull fit for service.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Alfred C. Burrill, 18 March 1933
Burrill writes that the State of Missouri Resources Museum Commission have been trying to gather Museum exhibits showing the ancestry of various breeds of livestock. He asks Ewart whether Bos taurus primigenius and longifrons are types of the same species, and also where they might find pictures of animals from the pre-Christian era.