WAR TIME FOOD

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20042, 14 September 1939, Page 7

WAR TIME FOOD

GOOD BRITISH HARVEST 8, r *' jU_ HIGHER PRODUCTION AIM a , EXTRA 1,500,000 ACRES AMPLE PLANT STOCKS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. p.m, RUGBY, Sept. 12 The recent fine weather throughout Britain has enabled a, good harvest t<i;lbe gathered in perfect .conditions. .‘ilie Minister of Agriculture, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, announced that an additional 1,500,000 acres must eg the tinder the plough in the coming y#r. "/ r ,

i*'.!We are attempting in one year what was achip^ed-in four years in th«i last tyan.'VJiict! stated.,:

popitiop .with that 0f.15)14, he,said; that iCwas vastly' superior. In regard to tractors, for example, there was a marked improvement. Whereas in 19J4 the tractors in use totalled only awiut 100, now 60,000 were available.

i.The .appeals for , a general speeding up. of all fprihs of , farming, pointing out that the currenCyear’s harvest has turned out better than expected) . ,The statement, contrasting conditions now with 1914, adds: “This time things are different. Our plans, are ready. Food, fuel and other requisites are stored. Sixty thousand, tractors afce held privately, plus a reserve stack. We are in a far better position f6.t ploughing up Britain than irt 1918 when our. last national effort reached itg height.” Detailed instructions follow for the best means of conserving and improving live stock, poultry and so on, and an appeal is made to the kitchengardener and the allotment holder to produce poultry feed.