August 12, 1992

Dear Bill:

Many thanks for the balance of your Further notes... which arrived a few days ago. I enjoyed reading through them. One day no doubt I will have occasion to call on them to support some of my own writing. Meanwhile, I will tuck them all away in the spot for things reserved to do next year.

I am fighting deadlines now for a book chapter on history of Canadian animal agriculture, and for my paper to be given at the 500 year meeting in Spain. These and a backlog of correspondence re Rare Breeds International and World’s Poultry Science Association. So goes retirement.

Our summer, such as it was, is nearly over. There has been no hot weather at all. Crops look good thus far but gardens are poor. There can be a killing frost any night now. I have been busy with haying and have an abundant store for winter, although already I am feeding hay to the sheep and goats and there are many months to go until the grass grows again.

If anything of interest to you arises at the meeting in Spain I will pass it along to you.

Meanwhile, continuing energy and enthusiasm in your work.

Best wishes,

R.D. Crawford, Ph.D.,
Professor Emeritus