British Agriculture in the First World War.

Abstract

1. Introduction 2. Farming and Food Supply Before 1914 Part 1: 1914-16: Business as Usual 3. The Evolution of Policy 4. Recruiting and Farm Labour 5. Power and Machinery 6. Fertilisers and Feeds 7. Farming in Wartime Part 2: 1917-18: Farming As A Controlled Industry 8. Policy: The Peak of Intervention 9. Labourers, Soldiers, Prisoners and Women 10. Tractors and Machinery 11. Fertilisers and Feeds 12. The Work of the County Executive Committees Part 3: The Achievement 13. The Success of the Plough Policy 14. The Output of Agriculture, 1914-1918 15. Farming and Food Supply 16. Farmer, Landowner and Labourer 17. The Legacy