British Farming in War Time Advances in Home Food Supply
Britain mobilized farms and factories to feed 47 million people, nearly doubling home food production. Subsidies encouraged ploughing 6 million more acres, crops up 66 percent, potatoes 66 percent, vegetables 50 percent, with 111,000 tractors by March 1942, making Britain highly mechanised and poised for a record harvest.
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United Kingdom
Iowa
Ministry of Agriculture
Europe
United States
England
Iowa War Bond Quota Raised for September by State
The September quota for Iowa War Bond sales is raised from 14 000 000 to 18 860 312 by the State Administrator to cover deficits in counties with seasonal income, reflecting annual pledges by farmers. National September quota stands at 775 000 000. The adjustment accounts for fluctuating incomes and later payments tied to crops.
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Iowa
Treasury
State War Savings Staff
Treasury Department
US Treasury Department
Britain’s mechanised farming drives food output and mobilises labor
The article details Britain's wartime farming surge with 22,000 disc-barrows and 12,500 combines, aided by lend-lease from the United States, boosting food output and freeing shipping space. It highlights 20,000 women in the Women's Land Army, district committees enforcing arable targets, and the shift in livestock priorities amid wartime constraints and shortages.
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England
United States
Britain
Women’s Land Army
Need your oil changed See the Boyden Service Station
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