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2019/2
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Description
A bi-fold folder stamped 'MILK MARKETING BOARD // PRIVATE MILK RECORDS'. Used by W.P. Isherwood, a vet practising in East Yorkshire.
A bi-fold folder, made of thick card, coloured burgundy on the outside, cream inside, with an orange border around the front edge of the folder. On the inner front portion of the folder is a plastic sleeve attached to the top and sides of the folder, allowing papers to be inserted from the folder's centre fold. Two treasury tags are attached to the top-centre portion of the front and back, acting as handles. The front of the folder is stamped with 'MILK MARKETING BOARD // PRIVATE MILK RECORDS'. This folder was used by the donors' father, W.P. Isherwood, a vet practising in East Yorkshire in the early to mid-twentieth century. His stamp can be found on the inside back fportion of the folder. Mr Isherwood used this folder whilst carrying out Ministry of Agriculture routine inspections on local farms, testing cattle for TB and later when undertaking Swine Fever inspections. It is unknown how he came to obtain this 'Milk Marketing Board' folder.
Physical description
1 Folder: Cardboard, metal, string; Good condition [some rust on metal treasury tags, some peeling of cardboard on corner edges]
Archival history
Museum Object Entry Form – 'Received from: [...] Reading // DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT/COLLECTION: Folder - Herd inspections. From father - a vert. Used when testing cattle for TB. Father started practising in '28. Legal routine herd inspections - Matched inspections to milking times. Feeling udders for lesions. Take milk/spewtum sample + test. A vet for Ministry - Linked to swine fever outbreak. Retired Mid-'60s. W.P. Isherwood. - East Yorkshire [...] // REASON FOR ENTRY: Gift [...]'
Production date
1927-12-31 - 1970-01-01
Production period
Mid-twentieth century
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