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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 113
What's it about?
MAF 113
The series deals with general matters relating to the administration of the advisory service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, with the provision of grants to the National Council of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 113
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Advisory Services Divisions: Registered Files, Agricultural Services, General (ASG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1921-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series deals with general matters relating to the administration of the advisory service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, with the provision of grants to the National Council of Social Service and the National Federation of Womens Institutes, and relates to the Rural Community Councils, the Agricultural Improvement Council and the Rural Industries Bureau and the Agricultural Advisory Council.
The series includes some earlier papers which were re-registered in the ASG series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further records relating to agricultural advisory services are in MAF 253
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ASG file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 680 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1971 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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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
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1948 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10513/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Advisory Services Divisions: Registered Files, Agricultural Services, General (ASG Series)
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