BURDEROP ON THE AIR 



tyres is the most useful implement we have on the 

 farm to-day ; in fact no up-to-date farmer should 

 be without one. It saves time, it saves labour, 

 and I am sure it will do its share in helping us to 

 produce more food, but although tractors are a 

 very useful implement, as the carter has already 

 said, riding on a seat all day is quite an easy job. 

 Compare the tractor driver's job with many others. 

 Take our lorry drivers, they have been loading 

 straw to the railway station during the evenings, 

 and that takes a good deal of heavy labour, and I 

 must say they have been very willing workers and 

 have never grumbled when asked to do extra work. 



I can assure you, Mr. Hurd, farm workers gener- 

 ally will pull their weight in winning this war. I 

 want to appeal to all my fellow-workers to put in 

 a bit of overtime now and through these summer 

 months. Root-hoeing for instance, is a thing that 

 must have attention at the right time. If not, the 

 roots get in a bad mess and they may have to be 

 ploughed up. Then all our labour is in vain. 



A. H. : I'm glad you mentioned that. Even if 

 the working day is long, we've all — like the munition 

 workers, got to put the job first and, if necessary, 

 work unlimited overtime to make a really good job. 



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