The State-directed food production campaign of the Second World War had more impact on British farming than any previous State intervention.
Crawley Agrimotor of Saffron Walden
In the early 20th century the town had its own motor-plough production and assembly plant
Land, Agriculture and Industry in North-west Essex: spotlights on a land remembered, by Geoffrey Ball
SWHS Publications no 1 (2009 reprinted 2014), ed Jacqueline Cooper, 86 pages. ISBN 978-1-873669-02-0, price £7.50 Agriculture and its associated industries have been at the centre of life and work in north-west Essex for many centuries. This book examines different examples of farming in the past and the industries processing its main local products (malt and wool). It also contains …