POTATOES PLANTED
MAGINOT LINE
BIG FRENCH ARMY SCHEME
(Received March 26, 10.15 a.m.)
PARIS, March 25,
Yesterday 700 soldiers planted' 3000 acres of potatoes in the vicinity of the Maginot Line on land from which civilians have been evacuated. The French Army aims at planting 30,000 acres and producing 50,000 tons of potatoes—if the work is not interrupted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 72, 26 March 1940, Page 7
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