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

B609/

B609/1/C/15 File ‘O’

B609/1/C/16 File ‘P-Q’

B609/1/C/17 File ‘R’

B609/1/C/18 File ‘S’

B609/1/C/19 File ‘T’

B609/1/C/20 File ‘U-V’

B609/1/C/21 File ‘W-X-Y-Z’

B609/1/D

Letters Received, 1900-70

Letters Received, 1900-70. The letters in these files differ from those in the above section. Often quite personal in tone, the letters up to the 1930s generally relate to scientific aspects of barley cultivation, while later letters relate more to the business of JHB and to personal, internal, and local matters. Correspondents include the Department of Agriculture [see also B609/6/D and B609/7/A- B, below], the Cereal Station, other maltings, and scientific bodies, such as Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin, and Cambridge University School of Agriculture. Subjects include seed and soil tests, experimental plots, analyses, distribution, and samples. From the mid-1930s on, significant numbers of personal letters occur and more outgoing letters are present. Local and internal issues are the main subjects. There are a few AGS letters present also [e.g., in B609/1/D/6, below]. The files are grouped by decade (1900-10; 1910-20, etc), this rearrangement seemingly carried out by the Company, perhaps to put order on loose letters. Items are generally in reverse chronological order, although some related letters have been grouped together.