RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Communication to Board of Agriculture 1: 280. CUL-DAR205.7.91. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2023. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.7 contains notes on hybridism, sterility and pigeons.
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Commun to the Board of Agriculture vol 1 p 272 p. 280 M. Fink says that Hybrid goat & sheep will breed, — a ram crosses more readily with she-goat, than Reverse. —
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[Quoted in Natural selection, p. 430.]
Fink J. H. [1797] 1804. Answers to questions posed by Sir John Sinclair, concerning the breeding of sheep, particularly in upper Saxony and neighbouring provinces. In Communication to the Board of Agriculture. vol. 1. London: W. Bulmer, pp. 276-294.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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