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,