Statement from Patrick Boland, Chairman Offaly County Council appealing for the farmers of Leix and Offaly to increase food production and suggesting the Parish Council take a census of all arable land in the area and to impress on those who can to increase their acreage by 20 percent.
Food industry
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Typed memoranda from Offaly County board of Health with regard to the boards role in ensuring that as much foodstuff as possible is home produced. Requests that Parish Councils ascertain the number of labourers who desire to cultivate allotments and the amount of land available.
Handwritten list dated April 16th 1941 of persons to whom seed potatoes are to be distributed free.
Undated ms list of applications for allotments under new tillage scheme with attached rough notes.
Bank account, 1963
Williams Group Tullamore Ltd.Ms Letter from J Murphy regarding donation of £5.00 from the Canon to help the Parish Council to purchase seeds.
Typed letter from J. F. Mahon, Secretary, Offaly County Board to the secretary of Banagher Parish Council noting, that allotments provided by the Board of Health should not exceed one quarter of an acre.
Letter from J. F. Mahon, Secretary, Banagher Parish Council enquiring as to whether there are any persons in the area who would be prepared to take allotments.
Typed letter from J. F. Mahon, Secretary, Offaly County Board of Health stating that it is not possible to send down a man to search for suitable land for allotments.
Memoranda from J. F. Mahon, Secretary's Office Tullamore to the Secretary of each Parish Council requesting details on the number of labourers in the district who desire to cultivate allotments. With letter from T. J. Kelly to the Secretary of each Parish Council regarding proposed strategies increasing turf production.