WORK PRAISED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 21 April 1941, Page 5

WORK PRAISED.

WOMEN'S LAND ARMY.

CHRISTCHURCH ENTERPRISE.

1 <°C.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Members of the Women's Land Army received a collective pat on the back from the Superintendent of Reserves (Mr. M. J. Burnett) for the eminently ! *uccessful vegetable prowling job they have be.cn doing on the three-quarters of •n acre adjoining Abberlev Park. Mr. Barnett, who was chiefly responsible for the technical assistance in •tarting the project on land lent by Mr. , F. Musgrave, said that he was "very pleased wich the sustained effort the I Women's Land Army had put into the work. The efforts of members on the •rea concerned would bear inspection at •ny ti»e. , Such was the interest in the enterprise, he added, that inquiries concerning the organisation had been received from ■Dunedin and Lower Hutt. Mr. Barnett said that the. Canterbury! •Horticultural Society had done much, ? ' n providing supervisors and find-i Wg seeds for the Land Army. One mem-j £ j 1 " °f the society, in fact, had raised! *11 the seedling celery plants for the: Project. The Reserves Department liadi n by raising leeks. Describing the wort? briefly, Mr. BarBett explained that the three-quarter , >cre area had been divided into sections If a num b er °f women responsible for W-' WOr ' c * n eac 'h section. Members of l>\#? Land Army met every Saturday •fternoon and during the week, if Possible. fe*he women worked in groups of 10, tk "d ea eh group was responsible rot only or growing vegetables, but also obtain&Jl plants, fertilisers and seeds, and II the collection and preparation of the for disposal. All producei ' ' s ..dis t.ri I)uted to orphanages and other aritable organisations, and any surplus, iHr^. soldiers' families and. old agei g-Jeoeioners. - '

There .were now over 100 members, who held various functions to raise funds for the provision of tools and material. A tool shed had even been provided from the funds raised bv such mean?. ! It is likely that the Land Army will [extend its activities to bee-keeping, tractor work, and probably the. production of seeds under the tuition of the Department of Agriculture.