George Case'y.. a farmer of 50 Devon acres, has ineronsrd his milk production during the war as well as ploughing up quarter of his total land for the lirst time. This valuable contribution to the nation's food resources has been achieved by Casely himself with the help of his wife and twin daughters. George Casely «nd his daughter making silage, one of the: hardest jobs on a farm. 12 members of Women's Land Army arc working for the Thames Conservancy Board, reclaiming water-logged soil for food production. These girls have been trained as excavator drivers and are playing an important part in the many drainage schemes along various' British water courses which have so far resulted in the reclamation of 30,000 acres of land for agriculture.'
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 42, 21 January 1944, Page 3
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126George Case'y.. a farmer of 50 Devon acres, has ineronsrd his milk production during the war as well as ploughing up quarter of his total land for the lirst time. This valuable contribution to the nation's food resources has been achieved by Casely himself with the help of his wife and twin daughters. George Casely «nd his daughter making silage, one of the: hardest jobs on a farm. 12 members of Women's Land Army arc working for the Thames Conservancy Board, reclaiming water-logged soil for food production. These girls have been trained as excavator drivers and are playing an important part in the many drainage schemes along various' British water courses which have so far resulted in the reclamation of 30,000 acres of land for agriculture.' Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 42, 21 January 1944, Page 3
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