DOING WONDERFUL JOB

Chronicle (Levin), 12 February 1949, Page 5

DOING WONDERFUL JOB

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Americans Praise English . Farmers

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'Reeeived Friday, 7. p.m. LONDON, Feb. 11. A demand for a -'Home and Empire food poliey, ' ' has been made *by Mr. James Wright, former seeretary of the Norfolk Farmers Union. Addressing a gathering of Norfolk farmers, he said: - 'It is'a poliey which calls for first plaee in the home market for British farmers to the maximum of his production. After that, second plaee should be given to the Empire producer. British farmers have nothing to fear from the Empire. -In fact, they have mueh to gain by helping them to have their rightful plaee in the British markets." American farmers who reeently saw Britain during a tour of nine countries, when they stayed on many farms, have reported : — "Britain is doing a better job of getting back on her feet than any eountry we visited. "England turned out to be the only eountry, surprisingly enough, where American dollars eould not buy every comfort. That is because England is denying herself in a stern effort to keep solvent." Everywhere else the American farmers found that money -could buy anything. Mr. Conwary Morris, of Dallas Centre, Iowa. said: "The English have got more guts than the rest of them put together. ' ' Most of the party agreecl. They thought Britain 's farmers were doing a wonderful job but "just one thing puzzled us— »the wasteful and ineffieient use of labour. Our farmers figured they could do many of the jobs they saw on English farms. with about one-third of the labour."