Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1917-03-02 | Page 2 | Britons to Farm at Night

BRITONS TO FARM AT NIGHT. Prisoners to be Made to Do a Share of the Work. London. "We want 2,000 American tractor plows for the use of a civilian i army of night plowers which we are about to enlist throughout the British Brit-ish Isles," said Sir Arthur Lee, director di-rector general of food production, on Tuesday. This new department, which is the outgrowth of Germany's submarine sub-marine campaign, aims at the enlistment enlist-ment of several hundred thousand civilians to cultivate every available bit of soil. "Behind every plow will be a skilled farmer. They will be assisted by prisoners, conscientious objectors, members of the home defense forces and. women. In this way we hope to produce enough food to make us independent in-dependent of outside help as long as the war lasts."