Farming and Forestry on the Western Front - Couverture rigide

MacLean, Murray

 
9781903366646: Farming and Forestry on the Western Front
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 190336664X ISBN 13 : 9781903366646
Editeur : Old Pond Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

This fine collection of photographs from the First World War shows how the British army tried to reduce its imports of forage, food and timber by supplying itself from the French land. Murray Maclean describes the extensive wartime food needs of the army, how supplies were brought across the Channel and how they were distributed. Towards the end of the war the ad-hoc allotment activities of the troops became the inspiration for larger-scale attempts at farming. A wide range of farming activities including early tractors ploughing, horse-drawn binders and steam threshing are shown in the photographs that are fully captioned. In the second part of the book Maclean turns his attention to forestry: to how the army's inexhaustible demand for timber for trenches, roadways and accommodation was partly met by the activities of Canadian foresters in France.,

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This fine collection of photographs from the First World War shows how the British army tried to reduce its imports of forage, food and timber by supplying itself from the French land. Murray Maclean describes the extensive wartime food needs of the army, how supplies were brought across the Channel and how they were distributed. Towards the end of the war the ad-hoc allotment activities of the troops became the inspiration for larger-scale attempts at farming. A wide range of farming activities including early tractors ploughing, horse-drawn binders and steam threshing are shown in the photographs that are fully captioned. In the second part of the book Maclean turns his attention to forestry: to how the army's inexhaustible demand for timber for trenches, roadways and accommodation was partly met by the activities of Canadian foresters in France.

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Éditeur
Old Pond Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
190336664X
ISBN 13 
9781903366646
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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