BRITAIN'S FOOD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 36, 10 February 1917, Page 5

BRITAIN'S FOOD.

GERMAN PBieOMEBS -» '-' ■■- -•" - •'•.■.:-'-:■:, ; '•;'■ • TO WORK. OH THE LAND. . (Australian and N.Z. Cable AesoelntlonJ. LONDON, February 9. :: In the House of Commons -Mr B. E. Prothero (President of the Board of Agriculture), outlining his food production scheme, said he proposed to use German prisoners in agricultural work' He hoped to get 60,000 women, •who would be equivalent" to 35,000 men. might be. necessary to place animals'on rations in order to save human focfd.

AGRICULTURAL POLICY.

MEED FOR REFORM. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, February 9* Mr Leslie Scott (Unionist member for I the Exchange division of Liverpool) moved an amendment to the Address-in- ' Reply, expressing regret that the King's Speech omitted reference to the necessity for stimulating the country's food production, coupled with a comprehensive agricultural policy. He said.the condition of agriculture was appalling. Two hundred thousand'workers were required immediately. The. fixing of the prices of products, without fixing the prices for farmers' necessities, resulted in chaos. FIRM CONTROL OF SUGAR. (Australian and N\Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, February 9. .The Press Bureau < states that the Minister in Charge of Food Control pro-hibits-dealings in sugar without* a permit outside the-United Kingdom. He requires returns of stocks, including brewers' stocks, stocks in warehouses, and new arrivals.