Lambs
Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Francis William Dry, 07 March 1933
Dry asks Ewart for references for his studies on the pre-natal development of sheep, as a graduate student at the Massey Agricultural College, a Miss N. Galpin, is studying the pre-natal development of the coat of the Romney lamb.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from G.P Lort, 11 October 1910
Lort writes that he can let Ewart have four or five pure-bred brown St Kilda ewes. He has tried crossing them with the Southdown Shropshire and the four-horned red Manx and he is now trying the Cheviot. He offers to sell Ewart some lambs from a St Kilda ewe and Manx ram cross.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from G.P. Lort, 20 October 1910
Lort writes that he will send Mr Pocock one St Kilda ewe and a Welsh ewe. He offers to send Ewart a ewe out of a St Kilda by a Shropshire ram and a lamb by a Red Manx as well as the Welsh ewe lambs and St Kilda ewes.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from G.P Lort, 03 November 1911
Lort states that he has not tried the 'Soa' ram and Manx ewe cross, and provides details about the lambs from 'Soa' ewe and Manx ram crosses, as well as from Manx/Southdown crosses. He asks if Ewart would like any red wethers.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 11 April 1912
Noble will send Ewart the skin, head and fore quarter of the four-horned sheep when it is killed, and describes some of his ewes and lambs.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 23 September 1911
Elwes reports that Hall, a mutual acquaintance, approves of Ewart's paper and feels that it paves the way for something on a larger scale later. Elwes has received a pair of Rocky sheep, and asks Ewart if he wants a long-tailed black Welsh ram lamb. He has heard that the Board of Agriculture are trying to get a farm where animals for exporting will be tested for tuberculosis and imported animals received in quarantine.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 27 September [1911]
Elwes asks for feedback on his notes on Ewart's sheep, which he intends to publish. He stresses the importance of photographing the sheep, as well as taking the measurements of the weights and lengths of the fleeces. He will send the black ram lamb to Ewart shortly.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 10 October 1911
Elwes corrects the information he had provided in a previous letter about his visit to Sanderson. He states that he does not want Mr Cowan's ram lamb this year and instructs Ewart to keep him until he is a shearling and makes arrangements for the transportation of some sheep.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 29 May 1912
Elwes writes that some of his sheep have already been shorn owing to the prevalence of fly on them. He asks Ewart to confirm when he will be visiting, as he wishes to choose which ram lambs to keep as soon as possible. He would like to stay with Ewart and see the Shetland sheep at his friends' place on his way to Aberdeen.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 17 September [1912]
Elwes writes concerning the restrictions on his sheep leaving England to be tupped, and urgently asks when Ewart can send his fat-tailed ram. He also enquires whether Ewart thinks a curly lamb could be produced by crossing a Wensleydale with a white Shetland sheep.
The year is not written on the letter.