Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: Animal Feeding Stuffs Correspondence and Papers

This series deals with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' responsibilities and liaison with the Ministry of Food in respect of supplies and prices of feeding stuffs for livestock and the preparation and administration of schemes for the control of distribution of feeding stuffs to farmers. It also deals with the general supervision of the Animal Feeding Stuffs Rationing Scheme introduced in February 1941 and the arrangements made for the issue of coupons to farmers and other owners of livestock by the War Agricultural Executive Committees.

For records on food distribution during wartime see

MAF 72

For records of the Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standing Advisory Committee (FAC file series) see MAF 381

Some files from the RFS file series re-registered as AFS files in MAF 311

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Crops and Feeding Stuffs Division, 1952-1955

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Crops, Feeding Stuffs and Subsidies Division, 1946-1952