10 JANUARY 1941, Page 12

GOLF-COURSES AND FOOD

4m,-I confess to some disappointment in the fact that golf-clubs Fiave not, so far as I know, offered to put at the disposal of the nation the golf-courses for the purpose of growing food. The greatest danger to which we can be subjected is shortage of food and this is certainly the most vulnerable spot in our armour. Lord Woolson has never ceased to urge farmers to produce more food and it cannot be that he has overlooked the ability of golf-courses to produce food in