Dr Elio Corti
Valenza - Italy

4-9-1994

Dear Elio,

Received your letter and book order and must apologise for the delay in answering as I have been away on holidays only just returned home.

I am enclosing Chicken Bone Recoveries with this letter, but on account of the weight of the other 2 books I will send them by surface mail. Unfortunately this method may take up to 8 weeks to get to you but it is our normal way of sending the Pekin book overseas. The overseas air mail rates for anything over 500 gms. is very expensive in Australia. I hope this meets with your approval.

The whole cost will be $ 65 Australian. This will cover cost OK. Fine on getting of Ray Crawford Poultry Breeding and Genetics. This is a good book bringing a lot of the literature up to date. I have been corresponding with Crawford for some years. He cited my work in his chapter on the origin of the chicken. You may have to obtain Creative Poultry Breeding direst from the author Clive Carefoot. I will give you his address. He is an expert of colour breeding in chickens.

I am glad you found my booklets interesting. I will have more booklets available shortly.

Any comments you may have when you receive the books, will be welcome.

I will look for further information on the Yokohama and let you know if I hear anything of Barbara West’s report.

All for now.

Regards,