Bennett's of Ballinacurra Descriptive List (Ref. B609)

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B609/7/B/15 Rye Grass file, 1919-21. Correspondence with DoA regarding the experimental growing of rye grass at Ballinacurra. Includes a ‘Report on Perennial and Italian Rye Grass in 1919 on the farm of Mr Con Deasy, Ballinacurra’.

B609/7/B/16 Potatoes and Sugar Beet (Root Crops), 1908, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925. Some correspondence with DoA, and statements on experimental growths and inspections, mainly regarding potatoes.

B609/7/B/17 General file, 1921-22. DATI letters to John H Bennett, Cereal Station, Ballinacurra. Principal subjects addressed are financial matters, conferences, shows, and tours, dealings with AGS, and general aspects of cereal and crop cultivation. A letter of 28 January 1921 concerns the disposal of Irish barley, in the face of its poor malting quality this season, and cheaper and better foreign imports. B609/7/B/18 DoA Correspondence (general), 1926-47. Letters from the DoA, mainly regarding administrative aspects of Cereal Station operations (e.g., accounts, stocktaking), but also some letters regarding experiments and trials. Not falling into obvious sub-divisions, the file has been arranged in reverse chronological order. Present are a number of letters regarding experiments with the wheat variety ‘Red Marvel’. B609/7/B/19 DoA Correspondence (Experimental), 1935-65. Letters from DoA regarding barley experiments at the Cereal Station. Sub-divided under the following headings: (i) Barley Conferences: minutes, reports, related figures, and notes, 1956-59; (ii) Barley Experiments: results and figures, 1942-64 (mainly 1955-57); (iii) Scheme for the Certification of Seed Wheat, Seed Oats, and Seed Barley, 1956-62; (iv) Distribution of Pedigree Seed Barley, 1959, 1965; (v) Reports on Experiments at Cereal Station, Hops, Sugar Beet, and Soya Beans, 1935-38. B609/7/B/20 Cereal Station file, 1953-70. DoA correspondence. Headings include the following: A. General, Sacks, Stationary, Weather Reports; B. Estimates and Accounts; C. Repairs, Improvements, and Machinery; D. Requisitions, Loans, Disposals; EF. Wheat; GH. Sugar Beet; IJ. Flax; KL. Roots; Mc. Short-strawed Barleys; M. Inspection of Cereal Station.

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