Milk Marketing Board Dartington Grass Drying Centre - 2

DATE: 1948-1949

LEVEL: Item

Correspondence and other records accumulated by Peter Sutcliffe through his role as Chairman of the Management Committee Dartington (Devon) Grass Drying Scheme, primarily regarding the establishment and activities of the Grass Drying Plant at Dartington Hall by the Milk Marketing Board (MMB). This folder contains correspondence between Peter Sutcliffe and: H Weeks, Borough of Torquay Electricity Undertaking; R W Channon, J Inglis, J Davies, and R Pepperall, MMB; H Davis, Clerk of the Council, Exeter; R Garrett-Jones, Grassland Officer, National Agricultural Advisory Service; W Warde, Ministry of Fuel and power; R Cole; C Trenchard; F Darke, Manager of the Grass Drying Centre at Dartington; W Williams, and E Godwin, Devon Agricultural Exective Committee; L Monier-Williams, W Stabb; S Mayall, farmer; A Porter, National Farmers' Union Devon Branch; the Earl of Devon; D Ferens; and H Mitchell.

Additional material includes: handwritten notes on 'German Grass Drying'; 'Milk Marketing Board Communal Grass Drying Scheme, Dartington, Devon, Report of Field Survey'; minutes from 12 meetings of the Management Committee Dartington (Devon) Grass Drying Scheme; 'Notes for Guidance on Establishment and Management of Dried Grass Plants'; notes on 'Mixtures for Harvesting for Dryer'; a list of farmers who have contracted for fields in 1948; memorandum, 'Grass Drying, The Disadvantages of the Tray Drier'; 'A Summary of the Main Recommendations made by Grass Drying Committees for the Amendments of the Board's Contract for Operations in the 1949 Session'; a 'Statement by the Chairman of the Board to a Conference of Chairmen of Grass Drying Committees'; draft contracts for use at Grass Drying Centres; a copy of a lease between The Dartington Hall Trustees and the MMB; and press cuttings.

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