Show scrap iron on farms I 1 sought for defense washington the department of agriculture has announced that farmers throughout the country will be asked to sell their scrap metal tor for use in defense production secretary of 1 I agriculture claude R has requested U S department part ment of 0 agriculture defense boards in each stati state to make plans for their states immediately and enlist in the county detente defense boards tn in the effort the national defense program Is seriously threatened by actu actual and impending shortages ol of iron and steel scrap mr said in addition civilian shortages ot of steel including metal for or farm arm implements implement pl clement ement ts and parts needed by farm will be more severe if steel mills cannot be kept ept r n nang at capacity farms have long been one of 0 the most important sources of 0 scrap metal therefore it is a patriotic duty to see that the scrap should be made available feruse fo or ruse use added the secretary |