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Sheep

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 665 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Mackay, 14 July 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/58
Scope and Contents

Mackay writes regarding the cross-breeding experiments conducted by Sir Keith Fraser with llamas, sheep and goats on his Inverinate Estate in Kintail.

Dates: 14 July 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Simpson Curr, 02 March 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/5
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Curr writes that he has sent Ewart two heads of St Kilda or Hebridean tups as well as a foreleg. He provides some details concerning the length of the tails and the presence of wool or hair on the sheep.

Dates: 02 March 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selbourne, 03 January 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/1
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Palmer, who signs himself 'Selbourne', thanks Ewart for sending him copies of his recent studies on the development of horses and sheep, and congratulates him on his work.

Dates: 03 January 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from W.P Pycraft, 09 November 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/18
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Pycraft thanks Ewart for sending him his paper on domestic sheep and enquires whether Ewart would be able to send him a copy of Part I.

Dates: 09 November 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915

Letter to Oliver Charles Ormerod from C.J Reakes, 09 May 1925

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/31/3
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Reakes provides information concerning the shipping of New Zealand sheep, and clarifies that the sheep to be potentially sent to the Wembley Exhibition are Corriedales, not Merinos. He advises starting a small flock of Corriedales rather than shipping rams only and recommends that Ormerod contact Ewart for further information on Corriedales.

Dates: 09 May 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1925

Lipid composition and metabolism of subcutaneous fat in sheep divergently selected for carcass lean content, 1994

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Identifier: Coll-1362/4/364
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Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 1.

Dates: 1994
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Roslin Institute

Listeria monocytogenes type 5 as a cause of abortion in sheep, 19 October 1974

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/471
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Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1973 - 1974. Volume 8 of 19.

Dates: 19 October 1974
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

Long term selection experiment with sheep, 1986

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Identifier: Coll-1362/2/74
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Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1986. Part 2.

Dates: 1986
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR)

Longitudinal Section of Sheep Barn, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/55
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Illustration of a longitudinal section of a Canadian sheep barn.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Manure Feeding Values, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1422
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Advertisement by the Northumberland County Council Farm, Cockle Park and Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the influence of manures on feeding value of tree-field pasture. Soil, poor stiff boulder clay over six seasons (1897-1902) results per acre of a flock of sheep's live weight gain or loss.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection