Impression sketch
of women milking cows - by Jamie. See original at:
http://www.nfuonline.com/archived-content/more-news/wwi-six-weeks-worth-of-wheat/
With summer officially ended,
With another of winter war ahead,
Food supplies would be affected -
The price of milk to be included.
September 1915, saw price
4 ½ d for a quart of milk - the
idea
Was the likely rise to 5d a quart,
Taking place over winter months.
The Metropolitan Dairymen’s
Association secretary, addressed
To such costs of milk in London,
Stating farmer’s costs as
unjustified.
Reasons given is that producers
Had then very good conditions -
With plentiful grass supplies -
Therefore milk would be plentiful.
Although admitting there would
Be a shortage of labour, the dairy
Farmers faced favourable months
Of winter conditions ahead of them.
It was likely that milk distributors
Would raise their prices up to
5d,
For the winter - any further moves
Above this would be extraordinary.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. The Price of Milk. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 3 September. P.7. Col.2. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11817026/Daily-Telegraph-September-2-1915.html
[Accessed: 3 September 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 3 September 2015).
#WW1 #WW1centenary #GreatWar #WW1poem #GreatWar #WW1centenary
#worldwarone #worldwaroneremembered #WW1HomeFront
No comments:
Post a Comment