18 JUNE 1942, Page 14

English Tobacco Close alon g side this same afforested area I visited

several times a early experiment in growing English tobacco. It was extremely succes ful, at any rate so far as the plants and the curing of the leaves we concerned. The only trouble was the Excise. Now we are struggli to be more and more self-supporting, the growing of this crop mig very well be resumed. The plant, rather like the conifers of the Fores Commission, enjoys a light sandy soil which is of little use for anyth' else. So also in the controversy over rye. That cereal is only a nt to wheat, barley and oats (all of which may be made into bread) poor soils. It will flourish where the others will not ; and what a usef straw it produces!