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Show FARMERS FORCED TO CULTIVATE LANDS LONDON, March 30. The British food production department is taking drastic steps to see that the countrv does not suffer from the neglect and Indifference of unpatriotic fanners. Farms which remain undercultlvaf ed in spite of pressure from the county airicul-tural airicul-tural committees are beiu tnkeri over und cultivated by the committees, usually with war-prisoner labor. The central committee commit-tee reports that "most farmers are doing their best, but there are some bad exceptions.' excep-tions.' At BuckinRham the local court, in rcplv to a request from the board of agriculture, agricul-ture, fined a neg'JUent farmer ?:J.oo and ordered him to vacate his farm in fourteen days. On the same day the Irish department depart-ment of agriculture confiscated ft 4 acres of land from Ixud Ashlown. |