NAVAL RATINGS TO HELP WITH HARVEST
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 29. Never before in our history has the withering of the harvest been of such vital importance, the Coinmander-in-Chicf, Portsmouth, states in a general, order in which lie announces that all naval ratings available will be sent to help gather the harvest, Ibe Admirals order referred to the greatly increased acreage under crop and the withdrawal of agricultural workers to supply the needs of the forces in other fields.. The announcement by the Minister of Agriculture that Britain is now growing two-thirds of its own food lias been the subject of favourable comment in the Press. "The Times,” commenting on food production, says it. has a hearing on strategy, as every extension of the land theatres of war causes corresponding modifications of food policy.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 259, 31 July 1942, Page 6
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135NAVAL RATINGS TO HELP WITH HARVEST Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 259, 31 July 1942, Page 6
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