52 YEARS AGO
1911
3 DECEMBER 1971
2023
This article examined the move towards greater mechanisation in the production of potatoes. The combination of almost static potato prices and steadily rising costs on the farm have during the past few years presented British farmers with the problem of finding ways in which they could increase yield and at the same time cut the scarce, expensive labour required to work this major arable crop.
Traditionally, the
