Skip to main content

Ewes

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

Found in 150 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Gordon, 27 September 1913

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/48
Scope and Contents

Gordon hopes that the ewe and spotted lamb arrived safely in Leith. He provides details about the price his lambs fetched in Aberdeen. He writes that he is going on with the excavation of the Brough and has found some stone implements as well as the bones of horses, cattle and sheep, which he offers to send to Ewart for investigation.

Dates: 27 September 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Gordon, 01 October 1917

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/23/8
Scope and Contents

Gordon writes that unfortunately nobody in the district is selling a Shetland heifer in calf, but that he would be willing to put an advertisement in the Shetland News for Ewart. He reports that he doesn't have any crosses between Blackface tups and Moorit ewes, but that he will set aside any long-woolled Moorits he comes across for Ewart. He also offers to send him a white pure Shetland tup lamb with three horns.

Dates: 01 October 1917

Limestone Ewes, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2377
Scope and Contents

Photograph of three Limestone ewes standing on a hill in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Lincoln Longwool Ewes in the Wool, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2750
Scope and Contents

Photograph of three Lincoln Longwool ewes in the wool standing in a field in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Lonk Ewes, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1682
Scope and Contents

Photograph of three Lonk ewes in a sheep pen in the early/mid 20th century that were bred by J Hague, Spread Eagle, Whalley.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Merino-Leicester 2-Tooth Ewes, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1668
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a flock of Merino-Leicester 2-tooth ewes standing in a sheep pen and bred by the New Zealand Land Association, Ltd, Woodlands Estate, Titapu, Waikatu, New Zealand in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Nigerian Ewe, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2789
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Nigerian ewe.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Nigerian Long-Legged Ewe, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2777
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Nigerian long-legged ewe.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Notes in an unknown hand concerning the Blackface-Southdown cross of sheep, 30 November 1914

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/28
Scope and Contents The notes record that there is now a small healthy flock of Blackface-Southdown sheep crosses. The first generation has already given straightforward results and the saleable value of the fleeces and carcases have been judged favourably. It is likely that this experiment will be extended by the purchase of more Blackface ewes and a new Southdown ram, although a reciprocal crossing with Southdown ewes should ideally be carried out on a Sussex farm where the ewes would be in their natural...
Dates: 30 November 1914

Old Norfolk Blackface Horned Ewes, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1769
Scope and Contents

Photograph of five Old Norfolk Blackface Horned ewes in a sheep pen standing next to the wooden fence in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s