November 1944, compared with 306,879,000 gallons in the corresponding period of 1943. 5. Labour. The continued wet weather has accentuated labour difficulties with the potato and sugar beet harvests and despite the use of considerable numbers of German prisoners and of additional Italians, appreciable areas remain to be lifted. Recruitment for the women's Land Army is slow, owing to an insufficiency of volunteers of suitable physique and type; and throughout the country farmers' requests, especially for milkers, remain unsatisfied.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/20/11
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/20
- Former Department Reference
- LP(45) 9
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000020.011
- Keywords
- Agricultural Production Agriculture Beets Cattle Cereals Dairy Disease Female Labour Flooding Food Supplies Foot-and-mouth Disease German Nationals Harvests Italian Nationals Labour Shortages Labour Supply Livestock Milk Ploughing Potatoes Prisoners of War Recruitment Sugar Swedes Turnips Vegetables
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Home Office Lord President's Committee Milk Marketing Board Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Scottish Office
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Series
- Papers 1(45) - 107(45)
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply
