NATURE STUDY. Nature Quiz
2.15 HISTORY II. ' Speed the Plough': Hans Rhee and Carleen O'Loughlin deal with the problems of home food production in peace and war
Can Britain feed herself? She has not done so for more than a century. But from time to time, usually in wartime, successful efforts have been made to render her more nearly self-supporting in basic foodstuffs. There was a ploughing-up campaign in Napoleon's time, another in 1914-18. and still another during World War II. And now world shortage of foodstuffs, uncertainties in overseas markets, and lack of dollar currency make the problem as urgent as in wartime.
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. 'Rollo and Reckel at the Seaside': a dialogue story by Leslie Barnard. Part 2.