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

B609/

B609/2/G/10 Driers’ Log Book, 2000-01

B609/2/G/11 Driers’ Log Book, 2003-04

B609/2/G/12 Drying Charts, Charleston No 2 Malt House, seasons 1964-80. Charts recording details of kiln-drying of barley at harvest time. Information is generally logged on headed sheets, but some graphs tracing the progress of drying occur in some files. Related delivery dockets and notes also occur in some files.

B609/2/G/13 Drying Charts, Houses 1, 2, and 3 (Village House), 1978-85.

B609/2/G/14 Kiln Charts, 1969-70. Charts of kiln readings for each malt house, bound as a book.

B609/1/G/15 ‘Coal & Oil Firing’, 1894-1954. File on coal and oil-firing of drying kilns at JHB. The file is sub-divided into ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil firing’ sections. The former includes coal accounts, 1894-1901; note on costs, 1890-1913; experiments; foremen’s allowances; reports on oil-firing, 1948-54. More report-type material than correspondence.

B609/2/G/16 Coal and oil consumption book, 1941-77

B609/2/G/17 Coal Account Book, 1952 to 1974. This book records quantities of coal used for specific dryings in malting houses and at the cereal station. It also notes domestic use of coal by staff. B609/2/G/18 Barley Season 1970. File of figures, mainly noting quantities of barley received, moisture levels, and fuel consumption.