| Description | Early correspondence primarily regarding T Milliman and his imported South Devon Bull, Viking II, and the crossbreeding of the South Devon cattle with Guernsey cattle. Later correspondence is primarily relating to T Milliman's experiment with South Devon Cattle, and the exportation of South Devon Bulls.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; C E Ladd, Dr E G Misner, and W I Myers, Cornell University; T Milliman, Co-operative Grange Leauge Federation Soil Building Service and later Cooperative Grange Leauge Federation Farm Products; C F Nielsen; Dr H E Babcock; D L Stuart, Llysfari Farm Institute; Milk Marketing Board; W C Ashby, National Milk Records; A Jenkins, The Farmers Club; H Wallace, Department of Commerce, USA; H Ross, The Borden Milk Company; R Hoare; The South Devon Herd Book Society; J Irish; Dr T Childs, Veterinary Director General Department of Agriculture, Canada; J R Templeton, The Farmers' Market and Supply; T Peacock, National Farmers' Union; Donaldson Alantic Line; John Thornton and Co, Shippers of Pure Bred Live Stock; H M Cross, The National Framers Union Mutual Insurance Society; C F Nielsen; P Sutcliffe; F S Walters; and J Miller.
Material in this folder also includes a 'Report on the Pedigree of Viking II and details of the South Devon Breed'; a copy of an article printed in News of the Day, 'Mr T Milliman's Experiment with South Devon'; a pedigree Certificate; and a copy of the 'Ministry of Agriculture and fisheries Glasgow Quarantine Station Consignment Instructions'. |