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Photograph of an experimental farm at West Indian Head showing the farm house and buildings and fields in the early/mid 20th century.

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Photograph of irrigation experiments in Colorado [USA] in the early 20th century.

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Ewart confirms the cost for sending the sheep. He comments on the Board of Agriculture's plans to have a small upland station.

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Allen invites Ewart to prepare an article on the subject of animal breeding and hybridisation for inclusion in the Experiment Station Record.. He goes on to outline the possibilities of setting up a cooperative plan of animal experimentation between experiment stations across the country.

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Elwes thanks Ewart for the draft of the application which he hopes to submit shortly. If Ewart can secure the grazing on the hill behind his farm, Elwes will send him 30 Shetland ewes. He will take the five sheep that are for sale for £9 and offers Ewart the Herdwick ram that Mr Howard of Greystoke is selling, if Ewart would like to try him with some Cheviot or Blackface ewes. He advises Ewart to get the printed results of experiments at the Cumberland Experimental Farm near Penrith.

Scope and Contents Elwes reports that Bateson did not have any particular ideas about the Iceland wool, but that he invited Elwes to read a short paper on the subject at the meeting of the British Association at Portsmouth, which prompted a discussion. He has heard that the Development Commissioners are prepared to establish breeding and experimental stations, and thinks Ewart may do valuable work. He remarks that Colonel Malcolm of Poltalloch has offered him an island which he is going to visit the following...

Scope and Contents Ridgeway writes that he is pleased that Ewart plans to go to Mexico to see the mustangs and states that he has full historical details about the horses which the Spaniards took to North America. He will insert Ewart's remarks regarding 'stockings' colouration into the draft of his book and refers to the death of Matthew Horace Hayes. Ridgeway states that while he is happy to write in support of Ewart's application for £300 from the Carnegie Institute, he recommends that his case...

Scope and Contents Cockerell writes that he is enclosing E.A Clemens' letter and asks Ewart to write to Clemens and to send him a set of his papers on horses. He also states that he is not hopeful of getting help from the Agricultural Experiment Station with their proposed research involving horse skulls. The enclosed letter to Cockerell from Clemens, dated 24 January 1902, replies to Cockerell's request for information about the typical markings to be found on a dun stallion. Clemens states that...

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Illustration of an outline map of the locations of experimental farms and stations in Canada in 1920 in the Seasonable Hints section of the March, No. 16 [Dominion Experimental Farm ] Magazine.

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Photograph of the buildings of Rothamsted [Experimental Station], [Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England] in the early 20th century.