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National Agricultural Advisory Service and Agricultural Development and Advisory...
Catalogue reference: MAF 345
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MAF 345
Records of the Great House experimental husbandry farm. The first transfer of records in this series are 06-ECG registered files, there being other numbered ECG file series for each of the experimental husbandry farms. Many papers in this series...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 345
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Agricultural Advisory Service and Agricultural Development and Advisory Service: Great House Experimental Husbandry Farm, Rossendale (Lancs): Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1951-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Great House experimental husbandry farm. The first transfer of records in this series are 06-ECG registered files, there being other numbered ECG file series for each of the experimental husbandry farms. Many papers in this series pre-date 1978. They have been re-registered from a 'GH' series used by Great House before 06-ECG.
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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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- Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Great House Experimental Husbandry Farm, 1971-1982
- National Agricultural Advisory Service, Great House Experimental Husbandry Farm, 1951-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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19 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1978
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Great House Experimental Husbandry Farm was a high-lying Pennine farm in an industrial area. The director was assisted by a committee which advised on management of the farm, and also instigated experimental work which could not be ordinarily undertaken on a farm. The main farming and experimental activities were grassland production and utilisation, and the feeding and management of cattle, sheep and pigs. The farm consisted of about 350 acres when taken over by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in May 1951; and in 1956 Buckden Farms nearby were leased from the National Trust until 1980. The farm contained livestock (sheep and cattle, and later poultry and pigs), some grassland and woodland. Great House Experimental Husbandry Farm was closed in 1982.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10745/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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National Agricultural Advisory Service and Agricultural Development and Advisory Service: Great House Experimental Husbandry Farm, Rossendale (Lancs): Records