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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: Animal Feeding Stuffs Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: MAF 79
What's it about?
MAF 79
This series deals with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' responsibilities and liaison with the Ministry of Food in respect of supplies and prices of feeding stuffs for livestock and the preparation and administration of schemes for the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 79
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: Animal Feeding Stuffs Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1937-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series deals with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' responsibilities and liaison with the Ministry of Food in respect of supplies and prices of feeding stuffs for livestock and the preparation and administration of schemes for the control of distribution of feeding stuffs to farmers. It also deals with the general supervision of the Animal Feeding Stuffs Rationing Scheme introduced in February 1941 and the arrangements made for the issue of coupons to farmers and other owners of livestock by the War Agricultural Executive Committees.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records on food distribution during wartime see MAF 72
For records of the Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standing Advisory Committee (FAC file series) see MAF 381
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files from the RFS file series re-registered as AFS files in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Crops and Feeding Stuffs Division, 1952-1955
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Crops, Feeding Stuffs and Subsidies Division, 1946-1952
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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84 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
- Rationing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10480/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: Animal Feeding Stuffs Correspondence and Papers
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