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THE agricultural policy of the Labour party, as presented in Lord Addison's book, has as its objective the restoration of British agriculture. As in the case of Lord Astor and Mr. Seebohm Rowntree, Lord Addison believes that agricultural production in Great Britain should be stimulated by the adoption by the Government of a policy of improved nutrition. Recent reports on nutrition are quoted to show that the poorer sections of the population are inadequately fed, and it is calculated that in order to bring the food standard of the community up to a reasonable level it would be necessary to double our production of milk and to increase our production of eggs, fruit, vegetables and meat by 60, 78, 60 and 25 per cent respectively.
A Policy for British Agriculture
By the Rt. Hon. Lord Addison of Sittingborough. Pp. 304. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1939.) 7s. 6d. net.
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A Policy for British Agriculture. Nature 143, 779 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143779a0
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