Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.2. Correspondence, Letters to the authorities

1936 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Minister for Agriculture, 22.07.1936

A Chara.1 I am directed by my committee to bring to your notice that the present price for wheat is quite inadequate. Owing to the increased price farmers had to pay for seed wheat, the failure of many crops of wheat, the destruction done to our crops by the rabbits, the heavy increase in the cost of binder twine (which is 7d a ball increased) and the increase in our rates, we demand 36s per barrel, 56 lbs to the bushel as a minimum price for millable wheat for coming harvest. We also demand the Government to put into force immediately a scheme for the destruction of rabbits similar to the musk rat scheme, the cost of which will be borne by the State, as the farmers have no money to pay men to exterminate the rabbits. We feel sure if some of the Department officials visited farms and districts so affected by the rabbits, they would not hesitate to put a scheme in force.

Elizabeth F. Bobbett, County Secretary, United Farmers’ Protection Association.

1 - This letter was published by the Wicklow People, 15.08.1936.

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This volume of Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s writings and speeches is divided into four parts. The first section comprises 321 texts written by her. The second part contains 150 speeches and statements by Bobbett, most of which were published in newspapers. Part 3 contains 727 texts written about Bobbett by contemporaries of her or addressed to her. Finally, Part 4 is a collection of 50 source texts that are important for understanding Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s activism. Parts 3 and 4 will be made available online in March 2027.

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Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Minister for Agriculture, 22.07.1936, in: Peter Moser (ed.), In her own Words. The Writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett (1898-1971). Farmer, Feminist and Public Figure, Bern, 2026, https://www.histoirerurale.ch/editions/pages/bobbett/1936-07-22-13.html, consulted on .

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