| Show all sorts of persuasion used to keep british farm hands on land vigorous measures have been taken in britain to keep farm laborers on the land agricultural workers who have left the industry have been encouraged to return to it and conscientious objectors are used to supplement the existing labor supply labor gangs and labor pools have been set up to supply labor for or drainage harvesting and other purposes special hostels costels have been built by the ministry of works and buildings to house mobile labor gangs and members of labor pools some groups group live in small mobile trailers in which they travel around the country the schedule of reserved occupations set up on the outbreak of war was finally replaced in january 1942 by a system ot of personal deferment and all applications tor for deferment of military service in respect of workers on the land in the agricultural industry are dealt with by the district manpower boards under a special scheme operated jointly by the ministry 0 agriculture and the ministry of labor and national service through the county war agricultural executive committees in general men over 25 if they are bona fide farm workers are retained in the industry men under 25 are subject to an individual examination and 1 if l they are deemed to be key workers where they are employed deferment Is granted for an indefinite period |
