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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
HOME FOOD PRODUCTION. 
November 16, at Central Hall, Westmin- 
: “In 1913 300 
т, Mr. Lloyd George said 
millions’ worth of the products o г 
р from abroad which could have been 
h could have employed 400,0 
more workers in the healthiest of occupations 
That is one of the problems, I that 
good ш i come back, 
been imported fr 
should have been produced in this 
When one considers the following Бр for Я fold 
pis ee alone i v LÁ desde i normal year prior 
bis outbre ar) one is almost staggered 
see what a cil to." solani ise" Britain has 
hay De m im pies on one side :— 
Imro: Foopsturrs, 
Appsior. 2 £230,000,000 
Had proper steps been taken—and the 
glect €— - us dearly чан the eicit 
is ill cou 
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than pe 
а: prs EE ‘British Isles, by far the greater 
ра hich could have been employed most 
тегу? 
A few, including myself, had repeatedly urged 
foi 
Ww Higuera 
=, shoud be pus con d cultivation, лум our 
met with no response, when w: 
ing facilities for food production, as well as en- 
larging і Sco} The London and So ег егп 
Sections the National Union of Allotment 
Holders, the delegates of which om met in 
London, comprise about 52,000 holders; the aim 
p ag oy a membership of 520,000, pue even 
"fb the = steps were taken to cultivate 
land and grow more food in this es 
many things were done heedlessly, and playin 
fields, lawns, public parks, and есы: 
grounds were put under the onde errors 
should now be remedied so far as is possible, 
for there , and is, plenty of o а 
that could be us ithout encroachi d 
at is already serving seful pu 
pplied enthusiasm, should be maintained where 
her can be provided. But the majority 
of plots, including those o aste spaces and 
sni building land, should certainly be re- 
, as we ] need all the food we ca 
raise for some years to come.. The te s of 
uch plots ш assured of a security of 
жш ш should be afforded 
referred to as useless, can be mad 
— ке and worked, mu every ecd 
istance must be directed to such an s 
"d especially in tthe conver sion = poor ET. 
and bad: land u 
faced perils 
for us-in the war will ev amay dift out to 
the Colonie, oar t the question arises whether it 
is necessary for all, ae even а Seat number of 
ex-soldiers, who desire work in the o open, to enii- 
ite. y answer is that it is not necessary 
provided our Government will tackle the 
bravely, and afford th n, who ate the very 
healthiest'of our race, the chance to work on 
prere, with the added incentive and induce- 
of becoming their own finer 
No 
vk Sie peres found for the ex-s soldier ne the 
пын go food in his native land, and th. 
ge him, either in agriculture 
arenis. of raising some of the six million 
pounds’ worth of v: — and the mil- 
lion to say nothing of the 
pounds’ wi en 
other r produce К юшту anne from abroad. 
Where, again, could a finer means of employ- 
ment be found for men partly Par hi or 
i of the army and navy, than in 
os 12), million 
d be 
cond in import- 
ance from the point of view of ho eal n: 3 
“It is use he little roduce 1 
ill-hous overworked, haps many poisoned 
ith excessive alcohol drinking, to which they 
were driven by squalor." Not only 
counts for one of vils mentioned 
1 any interesting occupation for 
hours. at is a more healthy, interesting, and 
profitable recreation for a an t 
vate an allotment for a short while after a day's 
toil at some other occupatio ? And 
so 
must be made m 
s n the land if ey a i 
[рот bd living a dull, drab, monotonous life 
hamlet. 
НЕ Suan AsPECT.— e is a vast range 
aly w 
three principal items are, I cons 
En T market arrangements, and 
fi 
ean V uestion of transport is one 
cause, 
sful al 
r. 
arket Arrangements come 
1 ntit. if his s 
market, for though, as runs the Scotch prov 
“ Mony a mickle makes a muckle,” 
a y what we had done our best 
home one, two, and even three 
» redit to ti- 
for thev all did marvellous thin 
ort time. The triumph of November 11 was 
a dual on rifle, for vi 
won not only by the army and navy, but 
| men. 
The re a sal ош 
of uM disabled men should not be 
blished up a = down the country for the ерт al 
pu 
ruit-growing. 
e positions of no fewer than fourteen mil 
lions ani our workers “will be reshuffled in the 
work of reconstruction after peace ; is оси 
етан many thousands of + 
ployment on 
At Aldershot s other large camps soldiers 
have converted many acres of barren, idle land 
into plots that sA о very pr roducti 
deed, and gr ound: | 
ive in- 
as been similarly utilised 
of ка ES is ra soldier as a food Producer. 
mps were less good than others, but T 
Резе this can te га pcd ae the moving ‘of units 
ne place to another, for the work on the 
жм ies vend „good. 
Minister’s 
their particular icts, the 
posing o kets, etec., so 
“ mickles " ma the consumer а? 
not be left on the producers’ hands 
I e oppor! inity, whilst on a holiday 
ед пі] 2 
country. 
her ETE that will 
required by 
