| Description | This folder contains papers and correspondence regarding the South Devon Herd Society. Material includes: the publications 'South Devon Cattle', 'A History of the South Devon Cattle', 'Memorandum and Articles of Association of the South Devon Herd Book Association', 'The Journal of the South Devon Herd Book Society', 1972; a copy of an Agreement between The South Devon Herd Book Society and The Dairy South Devon Cattle Society, 1931; a list of South Devon cattle; minutes; catalogues for the South Devon Herd Book Society Autumn Sale, 1934, and 1946; press cuttings; and papers including, 'Pedigree South Devon Cattle', by W Napier Smith, and 'The South Devon Cattle, The Breed renowned for Butterfat, Milk and Beef' by A Yoe.
This folder contains correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst and: W Napier Smith, A Yoe, F R Johnson, and W G Turpitt, secretaries for the South Devon Herd Book Society; J Luscombe; H Chaffe; R Shinner; the Editor of the Western Morning News; J R Currie; W A Blatchford; S J Rich, president of the Okehampton and District Agricultural Association; D J Smith; Royal Agricultural Society of England; F J Bull, secretary for the British Dairy Farmers Association; William K Slater; T R White, United States Department of Agriculture; and M E Gillard.
Subjects include: meetings and general business of the South Devon Herd Book Society; appointments including Leonard as President of the Council; efforts to eradicate tuberculosis from the South Devon breed of cattle and the establishment of a T B Committee; the canning of beef; the Devon County Show and a Dartington Hall Cup; the South Devon Herd Book Pamphlet and advertising; Bledisloe Trophy competition; artificial insemination; and a Agricultural Discussion Society. |