From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Mar 1880
Source of text:
DAR 164: 97
Summary:
Suggests Torbitt make a report on his progress so far.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Suggests Torbitt make a report on his progress so far.
Describes subscription for Torbitt [to continue potato experiments]. Would dislike writing to any paper, but Hensleigh [Wedgwood] and Erasmus [Darwin] advise CD to write to the Times.
Encloses note and cheque from James Caird [for Torbitt].
Agrees that CD should write to the Times [about Torbitt’s potato experiments].
Thanks THF for his contribution; now has £170 to permit Torbitt to carry on his experiments. Describes the scale of the experiments and his belief in their value.
Encloses letter from James Caird, who has entire confidence in CD’s appropriation of the money [collected for Torbitt’s experiments].