agriculture/farming

Question 1

what was Scottish agriculture like prior to the great war?

Answer 1

scottish agriculture did quite well before the war - profits for farmers was good however international trade was vital

Question 2

what was britain not before the war and how much days of food each week could we produce ourselves

Answer 2

britain was not self sufficient before the war
home produced food could only feed the Scottish population for 2 days each week and the other 5 days worth of food had to come from abroad

Question 3

during the war what did germany do with particular knowlage

Answer 3

German new of britains lack of self sufficiency and so purposely targeted ships carrying food imports to britain in an attempt to starve the country and win the war

Question 4

through DORA what did the government allow and try to promote

Answer 4

the government tries to promote self suficiancy and through DORA local councils had the ability to bring land under cultivation however the amount of farmable land in scotland only increased by 5% - this was not enough

Question 5

during the war where were agricultural imports moved to and imports of what foods fell

Answer 5

durring the war agricultural imports to scotland where moved from the east to west cost however imports of goods such as oats, barely, oatmeal, eggs and butter all fell

Question 6

what was the main agricultural controbution to the war effort
what was its employment like
what did the government to
what happened to the price of this animal

Answer 6

the main agricultural controbution to the war effort was sheep farming
it provided full time employment and high wages
from 1916 the government bought all wool sheared from sheep for blankets and uniforms
by 1918 sheep prices were 60% higher than in 1914

Question 7

what happened to farming post war

Answer 7

farming went into decline post war partly due to foreign competition
cheap foreign imports of food like refrigerated meat from Argentina, frozen lamb and tinned fruit from Australia and new Zealand

Question 8

what did the government introduce in 1920 - when and why was it scrapped

Answer 8

the government introduced the agriculture act 1920 in an attempt to maintain food prices and production but this had to be scrapped in 1921 due to the poor state of the economy