Rationing

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Tony Smith

On the contrary, in New Zealand many farms were left with unharvested crops, unshorn sheep and unmilked cows due to a manpower shortage, with a surplus of most produce.. Some battalions had to be prematurely demobbed to provide manpower for home production.

Tony,

In Britain, there was an organisation called the Women's Land Army, I believe Australia had one also, presume NZ did not hence the problems you mention.

The WLA was formed to replace the male farm workers who were called up. My mother was one of the "Land Girls", and very proud she is of what they achieved. She was on a large estate in Worcestershire, looking after the cows, and her favourites, the Hereford bulls. From reading an account from one of her fellow land girls on the same farm, they grew carrots for the local American Army base, but did not know till later, that they hated carrots!

To get back to rationing, I do not think clothes have been mentioned?

Richard