| Description | The laboratory reports cover the ongoing treatment of sheep at Hedge Barton Farm and the effect of cobalt on nutrition; crop trials; testing of materials for use in the cider plant; vitamin C content of fruit juices and syrups, and yeast cells; bottle sterilisation; tuberculosis in a pig; slag and potash grass plots; feeding of fish meal to cows; milk samples; corrosion of lead in buildings; soil testing; measuring kiln temperatures; warping of elm furniture; work with schools; meetings across the country; publication of papers; and hormone injections of heifers.
There is mention of the departmental budget, decision to charge departments for routine analyses, and cost saving measures to be considered or put in place. Also included in a report is the acceptance by the Meteorological Office of the laboratory as a permanent station. There is a list of staff, Dec 1943. The final papers refer to the closing down of the laboratory in 1946. |