From:
Julius Victor Carus
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 86: A43–4
Summary:
On development of horns in merino sheep. Encloses reports from herdsmen he has approached.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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On development of horns in merino sheep. Encloses reports from herdsmen he has approached.
Asks JVC to ascertain the age at which merino rams develop horns, and whether they grow faster or more slowly than in other breeds of sheep in which both sexes have horns.
Asks how JVC’s translation [of Variation] has sold.