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Catalogue reference: MAF 121

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MAF 121

Files of the various agriculture ministry divisions concerned with livestock improvement for horses, beef and dairy cattle, sheep and pigs.The series deals with official relations with such organisations as the National Stud, the Pig Industry...

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MAF 121

Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Livestock Improvement Divisions: Registered Files, Livestock Breeding Schemes and Programmes (TLY Series)
Date

1930-1983

Description

Files of the various agriculture ministry divisions concerned with livestock improvement for horses, beef and dairy cattle, sheep and pigs.

The series deals with official relations with such organisations as the National Stud, the Pig Industry Development Authority and the National Pig Progeny Testing Stations, and concern general policy on livestock improvement, import and export of breeding animals, licensing of animals, and artificial insemination, as well as the operation of such legislation and schemes as the Horse Breeding Act 1918, the Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949, the Heavy Horse Premium Scheme, the Premium Boar Scheme, the Sheep Recovery Programme, 1944, ram control orders and the Premium Bull Scheme.

Separated material

Files re-registered from the TLY Series may be found in: Some TLY files re-registered in the LGS file series can be found in:

MAF 52

MAF 53

MAF 248

MAF 277

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

TLY file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

332 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1971 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Food and drink
Fishing
Farming
Accumulation dates

1940 onwards

Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10521/

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