Wool
Found in 124 Collections and/or Records:
Effects of breed, rapid inbreeding, crossbreeding and environmental factors on fleece weight and fleece shedding in sheep, 1994
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 2.
Fibre medullation in Blackface lambs and hoggs, 1958
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1958 - 1961. Volume 2 of 19.
Fleece colour in sheep and its inheritance, June 1980
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1980. Volume 14 of 19.
Fleece evolution in domestic sheep, 7 November 1964
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1962 - 1964. Volume 3 of 19.
Interior of Barn or Warehouse Filled with Sacks of Wool, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the interior of a barn or warehouse filled on both levels with stacks of wool in sacks in the early 20th century.
Islington Freezing Works, Fellmongery, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the interior of the fellmongery at the Islington Freezing Works in Canterbury, New Zealand in the late 19th or early 20th century. It shows men working, piles of wool and sheep skins on drying racks.
Leicester Sheep in Wool, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a Leicester sheep with all its wool still on standing in a sheep pen in the early/mid 20th century.
Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Edith Rollo Caddy, 06 February 1927
Caddy thanks Mrs Ewart for her Christmas present and provides some family details, including the fact that her son has been accepted into Woolwich and will shortly be moving to London. She writes that the Shetland shawl she made with Mrs Ewart's encouragement was exhibited at the Arts and Crafts exhibition in Melbourne.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 20 August 1911
Ewart writes that he is enclosing a report on the wool from Watson, Wallace's assistant, although he has not yet heard about the Iceland wool. He would like to have the Ronaldsay sheep, and understands that they live between a wall and the sea and feed mainly on seaweed.
Letter to Henry John Elwes from James Cossar Ewart, 29 August 1912
Ewart thanks Elwes for the wool samples and the details about the Austrian Skemschaf. The four sheep have not yet arrived from Greystoke, but he doubts they are allowed into Scotland yet. Cowan is coming to see the Shetland ram from Fairisle and that he will use it with Elwes' ewes if it is judged to be better than Alexander's ram.