BRITISH FARMERS

Grey River Argus, 13 December 1940, Page 7

BRITISH FARMERS

URGED TO TRAIN W&MEN LABOURERS GUARANTEED PRICES AND ; CONTROL [British Official Wireless] (Received December 12, 5.5 p.m • RUGBY, December 11. Mr Hudson, Minister of Agriculture, in a speech, said: “For the first time for generations, agriculture workers look forward to the future with reasonable confidence, and land-owners, farmers and workers can plan ahead with reasonable security. It is reasonable to promise that, during the war, the existing system of fixed prices should be maintained, and that a year after the war— a critical year for agriculture —would not see the end of the control. The Government is taking energetic measures to make available additional supplies of fertilisers required to increase production from existing available land, and to bring grassland and derelict land to full production.” To offset the steadily-increasing demands of the fighting services, Mr Hudson urged the \farmers to tram additional labour, . most of which must be femal e labour. He paid tribute to th e magnificent work bv the Women’s Land Army.