FOOD PRODUCTION IN IRELAND, 1917 



Farmers to the Rescue! 



National 

 Duty 



Guarantee 

 Against Loss 



cans of 

 Production 



Compulsory 

 Tillage 



Arable Land 



PLOUGH 

 NOW 



Through various effects of the War, a great extra 

 quantity of food grown at home this year is absolutely 

 necessary to secure our population against the 

 danger of privation. The farmer alone can supply 

 that need. 



To secure him against risk of loss in performing this 

 vital duty the Government have guaranteed him a fixed 

 or contract price for wheat, oats, and potatoes of the 

 1917 crop. 



The Department of Agriculture have taken special 

 measures to ensure that a supply of seeds, manures, 

 and implements will be available in Ireland for the extra 

 tillage. Loans for seeds and manures are being made 

 available by the Local Government Board through the 

 Rural and Urban District Councils for holders under £ 1 

 valuation, and loans for implements and machinery will be 

 provided by the Department for other holders. 



Under the Defence of the Realm Act occupiers who hold 

 ten acres or over are required to cultivate in 1917 one- 

 tenth of the arable land on their holdings in 

 addition to their tillage area of last year. That 

 is, if you hold, say, 40 acres of which 30 are arable, you must 

 till the same amount that you tilled last year and 3 acres 

 in addition. 



Means land which is cultivated or can be cultivated. Every 

 farmer knows just what portion of his land can be cultivated. 

 Therefore, do not wait for an inspector to tell you. Go ahead 

 and 



With the horses and the ploughs at present in the country. 

 We have enough of both in most districts. Motor 

 tractors are good, but there are few of them yet in Ireland, 

 and a supply may not get here in time. Don't wait for them. 

 Use the horse and plough at once. 



Seed is being kept for you to purchase. Loans will be 

 provided. Manures are being mobilised. Consult your 

 County Committee, your County Agricultural Instructor, 

 and the Department. Get to work on your arable land. 

 Leave the appealing and the asking for exemption to others. 



THERE NEED BE NO SCARCITY OF FOOD IF THE 

 IRISH FARMERS DO THEIR DUTY, AND THEY WILL 



Department oi' Aj<riculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. 

 Dublin, .lanuary, 1917. 



