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Livestock--Breeding

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

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James MacDonald, 14 February 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/3
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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.

Dates: 14 February 1900

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Will Hay, 01 July 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/13
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Hally thanks Ewart for sending him his papers and provides some autobiographical details about his own experiences in livestock breeding.

Dates: 01 July 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Yasushige Tamura, 01 May 1924

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/30/6
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Tamura introduces himself as a graduate of the Agricultural College of the Imperial University of Tokyo and states that he is planning to come to Edinburgh to study livestock breeding. He hopes that Ewart will consent to meet him.

Dates: 01 May 1924

Novel products from livestock, 1986

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Identifier: Coll-1362/2/69
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Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1986. Part 2.

Dates: 1986

On sire evaluation with uncertain paternity, 1990

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Identifier: Coll-1362/2/665
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Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1990. Part 1 and Index.

Dates: 1990

Stud Farm, Berry, New South Wales, [Australia], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3021
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Photograph of a herd of cows in a wooded field on a stud farm in Berry, New South Wales, Australia in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Meishan pig - a mystery of the Orient, September 1990

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Identifier: Coll-1362/2/687
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Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1990. Part 1 and Index.

Dates: September 1990

The Stud Bull, (Gaolao), 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2642
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Photograph of the stud bull, Gaolao breed, in a barn at the Telinkheri Cattle Breeding Farm in India in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s