Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 273
What's it about?
MAF 273
The series related initially to both seeds and fertilisers. In 1955, however, seeds became the responsibility of Labour, Machinery and Seeds Division (and its successors), which used the SDS file series. It deals with regulation of supplies 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)
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MAF 273
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fertilisers and Seeds Division and successors: Registered Files, Fertilisers and Seeds (SDB series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1950-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series related initially to both seeds and fertilisers. In 1955, however, seeds became the responsibility of Labour, Machinery and Seeds Division (and its successors), which used the SDS file series. It deals with regulation of supplies of fertilisers to farmers and growers, including many files on the Fertiliser Subsidy Schemes created under the Agriculture (Fertilizers) Act 1952.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Earlier files in the SDB series can be found in:
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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)
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SDB file series
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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, Fertilisers and Seeds Division, 1943-1954
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Supplies Division III, Seeds Branch, 1940-1945
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Crop Production Division, 1956-1957
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fertilisers, Seeds and Hill Farming Division, 1955-1955
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Grassland and Crop Improvement Division, 1959-1969
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, International Cereals Division, 1955-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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79 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1939 to 1966
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10673/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fertilisers and Seeds Division and successors: Registered Files, Fertilisers and Seeds (SDB series)