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<blockquote data-quote="catherinecherub" data-source="post: 322501"><p>I don't know if any of you have been watching the Wartime Farm.</p><p></p><p>Last night gave a great insight into wheat production during WW2 which created a revolution in farming. Supplies of wheat had to be stepped up because there was no possibilty of imports and farmers were given quotas and targets to produce more crops. Farmers who had never grown wheat before had to plough up their fields and use every available space for production. </p><p></p><p>The only way that farmers were able to meet targets was with the introduction of the combined harvester and fertilizer, something they had never had to do before. The wheat was changed forever with the addition of the fertilizer and was not the same as grown previously.</p><p></p><p>Britain had to continue growing more and more wheat even after the war had finished as they now had a shared responsibility to feed other populations across Europe who had been devastated by WW2 and imports were not affordable as Britain was bankrupt. America also stopped any aid they had been giving and rationing carried on for several years.</p><p></p><p>(As an added note, Harvests were celebrated as holidays were impossible and people came from far and wide for a fun day out. Food was scarce and one of the popular wartime sandwiches was tinned pilchards and shredded cabbage).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catherinecherub, post: 322501"] I don't know if any of you have been watching the Wartime Farm. Last night gave a great insight into wheat production during WW2 which created a revolution in farming. Supplies of wheat had to be stepped up because there was no possibilty of imports and farmers were given quotas and targets to produce more crops. Farmers who had never grown wheat before had to plough up their fields and use every available space for production. The only way that farmers were able to meet targets was with the introduction of the combined harvester and fertilizer, something they had never had to do before. The wheat was changed forever with the addition of the fertilizer and was not the same as grown previously. Britain had to continue growing more and more wheat even after the war had finished as they now had a shared responsibility to feed other populations across Europe who had been devastated by WW2 and imports were not affordable as Britain was bankrupt. America also stopped any aid they had been giving and rationing carried on for several years. (As an added note, Harvests were celebrated as holidays were impossible and people came from far and wide for a fun day out. Food was scarce and one of the popular wartime sandwiches was tinned pilchards and shredded cabbage). [/QUOTE]
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