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Catalogue reference: MAF 194

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MAF 194

This series relates to agricultural and horticultural marketing policy, organisation and development including the administration of Marketing Schemes (for hops, wool, milk, eggs, potatoes etc.) under the Agricultural Marketing Acts 1931-1958;...

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Reference
MAF 194
Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Marketing Divisions: Registered Files, Marketing Organisation (MAO Series)
Date
1925-1987
Description

This series relates to agricultural and horticultural marketing policy, organisation and development including the administration of Marketing Schemes (for hops, wool, milk, eggs, potatoes etc.) under the Agricultural Marketing Acts 1931-1958; grants for farmers' co-operatives; the Market Development Scheme (began 1964); the Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation Scheme (1967) and Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation.

Related material

For related records on meat marketing see MAF 246

For other records relating to Potato marketing see MAF 307

For records of the Horticultural Marketing Council see MAF 384

Separated material

Some files have been re-registered into the GU file series; see

MAF 317

Some MAO files are also in

MAF 34

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
MAO file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1041 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1976 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates
1945 onwards
Accruals
Series is accruing
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10594/

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Marketing Divisions: Registered Files, Marketing Organisation (MAO Series)