| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding the Milk Marketing Boards Communal Grass Drying Scheme at Dartington Hall. Correspondents include: R T Cole; J R Currie; R L Forrest; Denton Iron Works; W Maddicott; L K Elmhirst; G Little; and members of the Milk Marketing Board, H H Mitchell, J G Inglis, M J Titton, and R W Channon.
Subjects include: the Milk Marketing Board's proposal to set up a Grass Drying Plant and a meeting of all farmers in the Totnes area to discuss the proposal; the installation of a grass drying machine at Dartington Hall; meetings of an advisory committee to discuss Dartington Grass Drying Centre; a Communal Grass Drying Conference; and research work at the Milk Marketing Board Grass Drying Centres including research into the problems and cost of grass drying, the cost of growing the raw material, and the employment of the plants key and field workers during the winter months. Material includes: notes, reports, field surveys, and summary of results on the Milk Marketing Boards Grass Drying Plants; 'Grass Drying 1949', Statement by the Chairman of the Board to a conference of Chairmen of Grass Drying Committees; and a copy of a draft contract for use at Grass Drying Centres. |