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[Pigs on stock farm set up by Sleeping Sickness Service, c.1940], 1940

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/50

Scope and Contents

Showing a litter of pigs being fed. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'From the stock farm set up by the Sleeping Sickness Service pigs are distributed to the local peasantry. They are bred from British imported stock. Payment is made by handing over a female from the first litter. When weaned the pigs ate [sic] sold to the Agricultural Department for fattening and transported to Lagos, the capital of Nigeria'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Former / Other Reference

DW.2133

Existence and Location of Copies

Duplicate at Y3011U/49.

General

SG.

Finding aid date

2003-10-24 09:13:39+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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