This series comprises 1 oversized volume consisting of a sequence of folios - arranged by tractor number - which together furnish a monthly statement of tractor contract work undertaken on behalf of the Board of Agriculture at Knockaloe Experimental Farm.
Each folio is broken down into 9 columns, namely:
The Experimental Farm at Knockaloe can trace its origins to provisions set out in the Agriculture and Rural Industries Act, 1914. In the early 1920s, the Board of Agriculture purchased the site of the old Knockaloe internment camp - which had been vacated by the last internees in Oct 1919 - with monies released by the Noble's Trustees.
The Board proceeded to spend the remainder of the Noble's monies on a clean-up project with a view to readying the site for a return to agricultural usage. A number of arable and pastoral experiments were later based on the site. The Experimental Farm was closed in 2010 by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, a successor of the Board of Agriculture.
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Series level description created by Gavin Rowan, IOMPRO, 23 Jun 2017.
Crown copyright (duration - 125 years from the end of the calendar year of production).
Selected for permanent preservation in Nov 2015, Angela Skitt, IOMPRO.
The records which comprise this series were originally consigned to the Public Record Office under section 3(8) of the Public Records Act, 1999 by the Agriculture directorate of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture on the 21 Mar 2011.The records were fully transferred to Public Record Office under section 3(4) of the PublicRecords Act, 1999 on the 15 Jan 2016 by the Agriculture directorate of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture.
No accruals are expected.
