THE POTATO CRISIS IN BRITAIN
STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT'! Undtn, March 6.
In the Hoiist! of Commons, CapUiin liathiirst said there was an nirarecedw.ted world-wide scarcity of potatoes, it was unlikely that ihcra-would- be miiliciont in Britain for anybody in the late spring and early summer. There was Tio evidence ihat farmers were, unreasonably withholding stocks.
Mr. Lambert stated that the withdrawals of labour from agriculture are so great ;is to' result in a serious diminution in food production. The people at the War Office, apparently knew nothing about agriculture. Companies •.if soldiers as substitutes wero unsatis-ficte,-y. Farming could not bo done liv numbers.—Aus.-N.55. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3022, 8 March 1917, Page 5
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105THE POTATO CRISIS IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3022, 8 March 1917, Page 5
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