Professor
Roy Crawford
University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon - Canada
1-10-1989
Dear
Professor Crawford,
Thank
you for your letter of 2/9/89. I will be pleased to have your comments on the Chicken Bone etc papers. I feel the China recoveries are
important when considering the diffusion question.
It
is interesting to hear of your projects with the books, very challenging. I
don’t know whether you aware of Dr Clive Carefoot book, of Preston, England,
Creative poultry breeding. I have
been corresponding with him for some years. He has done some good work in the
field. Others well versed on the subject of Poultry Genetics are Fred Jeffrey,
North Amherst - Massachusetts, and Professor Ralph J.Somes Jr. of the
University of Connecticut at Storrs.
Yes
I would be pleased to hear from Barbara West of the British Museum especially
if she is interested in the Chinese connection. I feel that is where we will
find a lot of answers.
I
have temporarily halted work on the Origin etc project, only because of the
fact I am engaged on the project discussing the breeds of Domestic Fowls
created in Australia. I wish to complete this by 1988 as it is a project for
Australia’s Bi-Centenary year /1988) which I feel makes it relevant at that
time.
I
hope to continue on with the Origin etc series again next year. Hope you have
a successful trip around eastern North America. All for now.
Regards,