Catalogue description 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)
Reference: | MAF 273 |
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Title: | 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) |
Description: |
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. |
Date: | 1950-1966 |
Separated material: |
Earlier files in the SDB series can be found in: |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | SDB file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
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 |
Physical description: | 79 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Accumulation dates: | 1939 to 1966 |
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