| Reference number | CMB/38/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Minutes of the Natural Products (War) Committee |
| Date | 19 February 1918 |
| Description | Lists those present, with J B Farmer in the Chair. Lists committee business, including the resolution of the War Committee appointing the Natural Products Committee, and listing the members; agreement to issue a public notice about the committee; a discussion on uses of horse chestnuts; a decision to consult the War Agricultural Committee on the use of acorns to feed pigs; decision to investigate bracken as a source of starch; Adrian Brown's and A Chaston Chapman's report on the production of fat by fungi; suggestions to use young hawthorne leaves as a tea replacement, and parsnips for artificial coffee; a decision to consult C F Cross on uses of straw; a letter from the War Trade Intelligence Department on the uses of bulbs; discussion on the uses of sawdust; discussion of a report of an intercepted letter to a German prisoner of war indicating that heather was being harvested in Neugraben for food; Brown's experiments in producing yeast from potatoes; a report from the Daily Notes from the Foreign Press on plankton as a source of fat; the utilization of Brewer's Yeast for food; haws[?]; sea birds' eggs as food. p1-4. |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Typescript copy |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1831 | Farmer; Sir; John Bretland (1865 - 1944); botanist | 1865 - 1944 |