| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding a sheep experiment in moorland farming on Hedge Barton and Ford Farms. Correspondents include: J R Currie; William K Slater; D McGregor; R Graham; S Hudson; A O Elmhirst; Leonard Elmhirst; and the Department of Agriculture for Scotland.
Subjects include: capital expenditure for Hedge Barton and Ford Farm; the price of cattle; the 'Improvement of Live Stock (Licensing of Bulls) Act, 1931'; the management of outside farms with particular reference to Hedge Barton and Ford Farms by J Laurd; accommodation for pigs on moorland farms; the outbreak of an epidemic among sheep at Ford Farm including a report by S Hudson; and the lease of Ford Farm.
Records include: Accounts for Hedge Barton Farm, 1934; inventory and valuation of Hedge Barton Farm; reports and financial statements on Ford Farm; memoranda and reports including, a copy and annotated copy of J R Currie's 20 page 'Progress Report upon the Experiment in Moorland Farming on Hedge Barton and Ford Farms', a copy and annotated copy of a 9 page report by the School of Agriculture, Bangor, 'Observations on Hedge Barton and Ford Farms', and a 'Report of the 'Ferguson' Tractor demonstration at Huddersfield', 1936. |