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Catalogue reference: MAF 52

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MAF 52

Files and papers dealing with the responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of livestock improvement (including the administration of the National Stud), milk...

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MAF 52

Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Livestock and Dairying Correspondence and Papers
Date

1891-1964

Description

Files and papers dealing with the responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in respect of livestock improvement (including the administration of the National Stud), milk standards and methods of marketing milk products and slaughtering.

This series contains files re-registered from the TLY file series (MAF 121), SFS file series (MAF 122), the M file series (MAF 123) and TAY file series: MAF 287

Related material

For records on milk supply and distribution see MAF 251

For further records on standards see

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

321 volume(s)

Access conditions

Open

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Food and drink
Fishing
Farming
Administrative / biographical background

Work for the improvement of livestock and milk standards has been enforced by a number of acts and orders. The most important acts under which these measures were authorised are as follows:-The Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909, The Maintenance of Live Stock Act, 1915, The Horse Breeding Act, 1918, The Livestock Industry Act, 1937, The Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, The Milk Act, 1934, and The Milk Industry Act, 1939.

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