| Description | Correspondence and other records regarding: the Dairy South Devon Herd Book Society; questions regarding the sale of South Devon Cattle to South Africa; and a South Devon (Dual Purpose) Cattle Breeders' Club with the amalgamation of The South Devon Herd Book Society and The Recorded Dairy South Devon Cattle Society. Correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst, president of the Dairy South Devon Herd Book Society and: Union Parliament, South Africa; South African Stud Book Association; B J Bourke, R Abbot, H L H and Sons, G R Richards, Breeders of South Devon Cattle; A D Buchanan Smith, Animal Breeding Research Department, University of Edinburgh; N D Miller; J Viggers, Tavistock Sub-Centre; J R Currie; Dr R Edwards-Ker, Seale-Hayne Agricultural College; W Napier Smith, Secretary for the South Devon Herd Book Society; C F Nielsen; and D Hall, secretary for The Dairy South Devon Cattle Society.
This folder also contains: publications of the Herd Book of the Dairy South Devon Cattle Society, Vol III-V; a paper by Leonard Elmhirst, 'Dairy South Devon Society'; 2 copies of a draft agreement of amalgamation between The South Devon Herd Book Society and The Recorded Dairy South Devon Cattle Society; and press cuttings. |