Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF): Archive

Reference
TR MAFF
Extent
295 films; c.60 documents
Date
1930-1989

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food had premises located at Government Building, Coley Park, Reading.

The archive comprises of twentieth century advertising and servicing publications of agricultural engineering firms, mainly for harvesting machinery; correspondence and posters.

There are over 460 films mainly educational films made for farmers showing latest contemporary techniques and best agricultural practices, 1930s-1980’s (over 300 are available digitally, on VHS Video and DVD).

More information

A full description is available on our online database.
A full handlist for the collection will be available soon.

See also the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Library.

Connected Objects

Still showing sorting and grading, as taken from colour film, The Storage of Apples, 1951 (MERL TR MAFF PH6/73)
Author
Ollie Douglas
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Published Date
July 26, 2021

Apple Store

Instructional film to inform producers of methods of apple storage, as a way of meeting demand out of season.

A hand-written object label for a sheep bell from Devon

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