Experiments
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 May 1912
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/30
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he has just returned from Formosa and invites Ewart to visit him in time for the shearing of the ewes. He will also invite Lort and Bateson to settle which rams are to be kept for future experiments.
Dates:
20 May 1912
Letter to Lord Arthur Cecil from William Bateson, 13 November 1898
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/24
Scope and Contents
Bateson writes to Cecil asking for his experience of cross-breeding poultry with other species of birds. Bateson writes that he aims to conduct experiments to determine whether certain distinguishing features of breeds can be blended in crossing, and what differences there are in crossing pure-bred and inbred breeds. He notes that he has been experimenting with White Leghorn chickens, but that he has had difficulty in finding breeds of a strictly recorded pedigree, specifically red combed...
Dates:
13 November 1898