Original Consignment

Component identifier:

Class MS Acc10-069

Content Summary:

Personal and professional correspondence files; diaries and notebooks; university papers and early career (CSIRO) research materials including final year essay on merino breeding, Kameruka experiments and fleece growth; notes for veterinary science lectures given at the University of Sydney; research materials from work with CSIRO on pituitary and growth hormones, hormonal control of wool growth, protected proteins, amino acids, protected lipids, nutrition and wool growth, ruminant nutrition, methionine, electrophoresis, appetite and voluntary feed intake; Human Pituitary Advisory Committee papers; J.S. Davies bequest committee papers; annual reports, agreements, minutes of Peptide Technology Ltd.; experimental data cards including fleece samples, transparencies, negatives and photographs; administrative files from CSIRO; reprints and photocopies of articles by others on numerous topics concerning sheep husbandry, wool production, fleece characteristics and genetics; subject files kept post-retirement, including news clippings and correspondence on the sheep and wool industry; post-retirement work with Jim Watts and others on SRS (soft rolling skins) sheep breeding and selection including research notes, experimental data, articles and correspondence.

Comprises 83 ms boxes.

Names:

Ken Ferguson

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