In message , "Nightjar
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The main point was, where possible, to produce bulky goods at home, so
that the amount of shipping needed was reduced. Domestic wheat
production doubled in two years, with potatoes (which gave one of the
largest food value per acre) and barley not far behind.

It wasn't limited to Britain. An estimated one million tons of shipping
was saved in the year to March 1943 by growing supplies for the troops
in the Middle East locally.

I don't imagine Harry was seriously suggesting a return to horsepower
but mechanisation got around one problem... ploughing! Roughly 1 horse=
1 acre/day. Winter wheat needs planting by mid October to crop well.
Horse farming relied on the ploughman working right through the winter
to prepare sufficient ground for planting in the spring.



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Tim Lamb