The prospective development of Peru as a sheep-breeding and wool-growing country
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: The prospective development of Peru as a sheep-breeding and wool-growing country
Classmark: MS 1565/B138
Creator(s): Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964)
Publisher: [Jowett & Sowry ltd., printers, Albion Street]
Publication city: [Leeds, England]
Date(s): [1927]
Language: English
Size and medium: xii, 174 pages, colour plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/779343
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014508369705181
Description
Includes textile samples.
At a meeting in 1920 with Professor Cossar Ewart (Edinburgh University) the idea was formed of the possibility of developing Peru as a wool-growing country. They also wanted to prove that Peruvian sheep could thrive in the UK. The government of Peru already had a model farm at Chuquibambilla, Southern Peru. In early 1926 Barker accepted an invitation from President Leguia to visit, inspect and report on the 5 year experiment. He toured other textile production areas of Peru, as well as Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina, and brought back several woven textiles. This publication charts his experiences and shows the results of his research.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at MS 1565/B138: acquired in 2018. Book stamp in red on front cover, title page and front flyleaf: The Library Official Copy Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, also stamp with original shelfmark. Twentieth-century printed book label with withdrawn stamp on front pastedown: Institute of Agricultural History 13857, University of Reading.
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