Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the Chairmen of the 'County War
Agricultural Committees on Friday week, appealed to farmers to plough up as much land as pessible during the next three months so as to increase the supply of homegrown food and lessen the de- mand for shipping to bring corn from oversee. The produce of two million acres would feed-three million people and save millione of tons of shipping. Great Britain was the only country- which had increased its output of food during the-war, but it could and must do more. The Prime Minister frankly admitted that he was asking the farmers to break the rules of good husbandry. But it was a critical hour for the country, and the farmers must set aside their customary practice and come into the fighting-hue with their food. The Government would help them, by releasing ploughmen front the Army and by providing unskilled labour, horses, traetore,-seed- coni, and fertilisers. Allotments should- be encouraged, and bad farmers should be dealt:with. Mr. LloydGeorge asked the labourers to work overtime daring the next hundred days. It is noteworthy that he desired the County Conitnitteee to take the responsi- bility on themselves; instead of waiting for Government officials to give orders. The County Committees will, we are sure, show themselves worthy of the tnist
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