From William Aitchison to George Cupples 25 June 1869
Linhope
25th June | 1869
Dear Sir
In reply to yours of the 23d I have to inform you I have nothing on my Hill Farms but Sheep of the Cheviot Breed—
It was at the time of Castration I gave you the number of Lambs I had on my Penchrise Farm & now add the numbers I had at that time on this Farm of Linhope—1
| Scores Ends | ||
| 1868 | of Ewe Lambs | 33.0 |
| of Tup Do. | 30.8 | |
| Total | 63.8 | |
| 1869 | of Ewe Lambs | 30.3 |
| of Tup Do. | 29.7 | |
| Total— | 59.10 | |
I observe I have sold at the time of Castration 305 Lamb skins from Penchrise & from this Farm at that time 156 Skins—
The above added gives you the total number of Births but not of each Sex, which I fear you will not can procure
I have not yet received a statement of the Lamb Skins sold from my Farms this year—
I should think Mr Elliot Esqre, Hyndhope by Jedburgh a likely person to apply to for information—2 He is an extensive & distinguished Farmer.
I am | Yr’s faithfully | Wm Aitchison
CD annotations
Footnotes
Summary
Statistics on proportion of sexes of lambs.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6804
- From
- William Aitchison
- To
- George Cupples
- Sent from
- Linhope
- Source of text
- DAR 86: A63–4
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp † (by CD)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6804,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6804.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
