| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding: the possible appointment of P McGillivary; the appointment of J S Nalson as successor to J R Currie as Agricultural Economist and Farm Advisory who would at the same time introduce New Zealand Farm Management; and the work of the Agricultural Economic Research Department.
Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; Peter Sutcliffe, J R Currie; Michael Young; A O Elmhirst; Dorothy Elmhirst; W Riddet; P McGillivary; J J MacGregor; and J S Nalson. This folder also contains minutes from Quarterly meetings of the Dartington Hall Trustees and Farm Management Research Department (1958-1959) and reports including: 'Suggestions on Methods by which Dartington Hall Trust may make use of its Farms in Achieving its Basic Objective', 'Preliminary Report on the Future Development of the Dartington Farms with Particular Reference to the Utilisation of Grassland', and 'A Preliminary Investigation into Farmers' Reactions to the Small Farm Scheme'. This folder also contains the publication Nalson, J S: Labour In Relation To Economic Efficiency on Dairy Farms, 1952. |