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

B609/

of malting barley for AGS, and arrangements for JHB to take over their existing contract holders. A list of contract holders and acreages is enclosed [see also B609/2/A/6-8].

B609/1/A/53 Letters from AGS, August 1969 to July 1970. A letter of 4 September 1969 concerns reopening of No 3 Malt House for malting, and related staffing arrangements. Present is a copy of a letter of 2 December 1969 to William Tait, Hermitage, Rostellan, Co Cork, regarding his participation in the barley competition. A letter of 16 December concerns use of JHB’s sand pit by the FCA [army reserve] for target practice. A letter of 21 January 1970 concerns a draft agreement between JHB and DoA regarding buildings. A letter of 26 January begins ‘With the changes taking place in the malting industry we are anxious to have pictorial records we consider may be of interest’. A later letter, dated 30 July 1970, asks Jimmy Kennedy (General Manager), JHB, to accommodate a French cameraman, Guy St Clair, who is making a documentary on Ireland and wishes to take shots of barley harvesting in Cork. [Many letters in this file addressed to Kennedy]. A letter of 5 February informs JHB of the choice of a new variety of barley for malting, CS 93/255. Dated 11 and 12 February are four replies to farmers seeking AGS contracts. A letter of 6 May seeking numerical information regarding barley contracts has had the requested information entered onto it. B609/1/A/54 Letters from AGS, August 1970 to July 1971. A letter of 9 October 1970 returns papers in connection with a valuation appeal by JHB [on rateable premises; see B609/3/H]. A letter of 16 November forwards a form for computing the price of seed barley for sale in Spring 1971. A letter of 21 January 1971 returns the report of the Seed Testing Station on JHB samples, commenting ‘This is very satisfactory’. A letter of 22 March from Deasy’s, Clonakilty, to AGS, asks that they consider giving barley contracts to two former Deasy’s growers. The reply notes that AGS increasingly have to buy in good malting areas ‘and, unfortunately, West Cork is fairly low in the League Table in this respect’. A copy letter from AGS to CIE informs them that JHB will not carry barley from farmers in East Cork to Ballinacurra, and so the farmers are likely to contact CIE to make their own arrangements. B609/1/A/55 Letters from AGS, August 1971 to July 1972. A letter of 10 December 1971 records that JJ Kennedy resigned as general manager on 31 May 1971. From other letters it is seen that A Edmonds is now general manager and G O’Mahony is administrative manager. Another letter suggests that the new barley variety [see B609/1/A/53, above] was called ‘Emma’. This small file contains a number of outgoing letters from Edmonds to AGS.

B609/1/A/56 Letters from AGS, August 1972 to July 1973. In a letter of 7 March 1973, AGS requests information concerning the number of growers who signed