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Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1977. Volume 11 of 19.

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Photograph of a row of [Merino]rams standing in a sheep pen in Australia in the early/mid 20th century. The text beneath the image reads, 'Australia: The Sheep Country.'

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Photographs of a flock of Black Merino rams at Braeside standing in a wooded field with two men on horseback minding them and of a flock of Black Merino ewes in a field in the early/mid 20th century.

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Photograph of a champion Merino ram standing in a paddock with a man at the Palermo Show in [Buenos Aires, Argentina], September 1903.

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Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1981. Volume 15 of 19.

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Henzell requests information regarding the practical application of Mendelian theories to the breeding of Merino sheep.

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Le Souef asks Ewart to procure some photographs of hybrid 'Psoa' sheep and a typical sample of wool from Gillespie. Some pastoralists have expressed an interest in the wool from these sheep as it may make a better tweed-like cloth when mixed with Merino. He reports that he has worked out a scheme which he hopes will lead to the production of many quality skins from colder districts.

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Elwes writes that he is away in South France and that two men in Algeria informed him that in Morocco there is a race of sheep which could be the origin of the Spanish Merino, and that the spotted sheep are much like a breed which now exists in the Constantine province and which occasionally has four horns. He has seen three or four more or less distinct breeds of sheep in the Basque country.

The year is not written on the letter.

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Elwes writes that he has enclosed a letter concerning Merino rams in Australia. He recommends the book 'Tutira, A History of New Zealand Sheep Farm' by Guthrie-Smith and confirms visiting arrangements for Ewart and his wife.