SURVEY OF FARMS.
NEW “DOMESDAY BOOK.”
LONDON, March 22
A ireiv “Domesday Book” is being preprifrid to help to make the rriost 6f Britain’s farms. A surrey, begun last summer by county agricultural committees, of every farm of more than one acre, is almost complete, and the universities are now tabulating the results.
The'farriiers were asked for the smallest" details, including the condition of hedges and ditches. •The speeding up of food production has resulted in a tremendous call for men and women, especially in Lincolnshire, where the famous flower farms are now yielding potatoes, and where experts are experimenting with a new potato flour. Tire Government has decided to plant 17,000 acres of onions—l4,ooo acres more than last year—but, so far, only 7000 acres have been planted. Britain consumes 230,000 tons a year, and a continued shortage is likely. The Government, the sole buyer, is offering £25 a ton. The farmers are asking for a guarantee against pests.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 146, 2 April 1941, Page 6
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