War Economy
CHAPTER 8 — Wartime Farming
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Contents
- New Zealand as a Food Producer
- Needs of the United Kingdom
- Wartime Controls
- Shipping and Storage Difficulties
- Mechanisation of Farming
- Falling Farm Labour Requirements
- Hand Stripping on the Way Out
- Armed Forces Recruitments have their Effect
- Special Manpower Assistance to Farmers
- Fertiliser Shortages
- Declining Dairy Cow Numbers
- Cheese Instead of Butter
- A Bad Season in 1943–44 and the Introduction of Rationing
- Meat Production at High Levels
- Wool Production exceeds Requirements
- Fruit Growing Declines
- A Special Wartime Undertaking – Linen Flax
- Other Wartime Changes
- Achievements
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