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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Poultry - Progeny Testing (PT Series)
| Reference: | MAF 332 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Poultry - Progeny Testing (PT Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains files relating to the establishment, winding up and sale of the poultry progeny testing stations at Levens Hall Farm, near Harrogate, Wheaton Aston and Phoenice Farm, Great Bookham, in Surrey. It includes minutes of the joint standing committee on these stations farmed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Farmers' Union, and minutes of each station's Farm Advisory Committee. |
| Date: | 1954-1964 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | PT file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 7 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Accumulation dates: | 1955 to 1964 |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1954 the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food decided to set up three poultry progeny testing stations. These were national experimental poultry farms undertaking practical investigations into rearing methods and the selection of the best strains of poultry. The three sites selected were at Levens Hall Farm, near Harrogate, a disused airfield at Wheaton Aston and Phoenice Farm, Great Bookham, in Surrey. Each farm had approximately 17,000 birds. |
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