Livestock--Breeding
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
A Gaolao Heifer, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of an Indian man standing with a Gaolao heifer in a field at the Telinkheri Cattle Breeding Farm in India in the early 20th century.
Biotechnology in animal production, 1995
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1995. Part 1.
Biotechnology in modern commercial pig breeding, 1994
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 1.
Breeding and transgenesis as means of decreasing adiposity in farm animal species: practice and promise, 1992
Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1992. Part 1 and Index.
Bulls, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a couple of pages from the Farmers Bulletin on Comparitive Bull Associations showing bulls and their lines that have succeeded and failed in the early/mid 20th century.
Fat pigs can blame their genes, 1994
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 1.
Genetic manipulation in cattle breeding and production, 1992
Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1992. Part 2.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James Macdonald, 03 November 1899
Macdonald informs Ewart that the directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland have awarded him the Gold Medal of the Society in recognition of his research into stockbreeding and in acknowledgement of his exhibit of zebra and zebra crosses at the Society's show in Edinburgh in July 1898.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James MacDonald, 31 January 1900
MacDonald announces on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland, the award of £200 towards the costs of Ewart's stockbreeding experiments.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James MacDonald, 14 February 1900
MacDonald writes on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland, enclosing a precept for the sum of £200 to assist with the costs of his experiments in stockbreeding. On the reverse side of the letter is a draft reply from Ewart in which he expresses his gratitude for the donation. He also urges members of the Society to purchase Ewart's Penycuik Experiments.