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Prodllcing Producing _ WorlcTs World's Worlds ' Largest Largest Food Crop Croi Wai Wal Wa1 \ Matenal l\fatellal l fatellal I17atellal VIt Vitil Vlt'1l Vlt1l ' il , but butSoldlels butSoldlels butSoldieis Soldlels and Workels Workers WorkersMust WorkeisMust Must Get Nomishmg NOUlISlul1g Noullshing rood roodUncle roodUncle Uncle Sam's Sams ' ' farm - - the thehole thewhole thewhole \\-hole hole whole \ \ - United Umted States-will States will States - will pro produce produce produce duce this year the biggestfood biggest biggestfood biggestfood food crop m in the world s lus his lusHarvestIng history history ' tory ' Harvesting of this thisplanned thisplanned thisplanned planned production for the thewar thewar thewar war effort has begun and theimmensity the theImmensIty theimmensity ImmensIty of it allIS all is an all alltime alltime alltime time tribute tnbute to the Amencanfarmer Americanfarmer American Amencan Americanfarmer farmer farmerOff farmerOft Off Oft Uncle Sam s farm assemblyline assembly assemblyhne assemblyline hne line every minute mmute of o ( every day daythroughout daythroughout daythroughout throughout 1942 19t2 1932 are comm coming & , : some somethmg something somethins thmg thing like hke 108 000 009 quarts of milk mdk , ; ' Take Ta1.e Ta1e . that switt swJt swift ! winging wlngmg army Aer Act AeronC1 Actonce Aoronci onC1 once plane t ip tp p there In its wings wingstall wingstail wingstail tall tail ind 1nd end fuselage fuselageire -ire ire 1re - 650 squire squ1re feet feetof feetof feetof of cotton hncn lmcn linen hncnYes lmcnYes linenYes Yes Uncle Sam s farmers are areturnmg areturning areturning turnmg turning out v \ w \ ar crops tli tl1 tin s year yearCoin yearCoin , COin and wheat tor for example cXlmple : Most Mostof Mostof of it goes gocs f@r fir f @ r feed fced and food but butsome butsome butsome some is used in ill m mak ng ethyl cthyl aicohoi alco alcohol alcohol hol wh ch in m turn is employed ill in illmak inmak inmak mak ng explos 'es es ' \ es synthet c rubber rubberand rubberand rubberand and other productsPcanuts productsPeanuts products productsPeanuts Peanuts Pcanuts ind 1nd end soybeans are used to tomake tomake tomake make oil 011 nhich which \ mch replaces other oilsemployed oIls oIlsemplo oilsemployed emplo employed ed in m cookng cook ng and relelses releases relelsesthem releasesthem releasesthem : them for use ] in m n nitro mtro glycerine glycerme ex exploslves explosives explosives ploslves plosives 0 01 1 from soybeans and andflaxsced andflaxseed andflaxseed flaxsced flaxseed is used in m the paint paillt and andv andvarmsh v " arQJsh argjsh covering covermg our ships andplanes and andplanes andplanes planes Flax is a source of lillen linen lillenfor linenfor linenfor for parachute harnesses and rlggmg rigging rlggmgWool riggingWool riggingWool Wool from our sheep makes uni um guns turned out this year ycar will be de deternuned determined deternuned ternuned termined largely by the kind kmd and andamount andamount andamount amount of food 01 ot of r workers eat eatThe eatThe eatThe The newest t type > pe planes pl.mcs plmcs . need h h gh ghMilk ghbilk Milk l\hlk l hlk bilk lhlkand bilkand \ and Slllppmg Shipping ShippingIn SlllppmgIn In 1912 19i2 1942 we are bull bud buil liny hng ling 8 md mil mdhon million million hon lion tons of shlppmg-a shlppmg a shipping-a shipping shipping : - a tremen tremendou tremendour trcmendous dou dour " amount But the farmers of ofJllmnesota ofMinnesota ofniinnesota Jllmnesota Minnesota and Iowi 10w"1 10w1 Iowa " alone will willproduce willproduce willproduce produce more than S 8 million mdhon tons tonsof tonsof tonsof of milk in 194 ? 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' . _ . : . _ : _ . r .27 27 . % ' * n * rat RCf RCE .6 6 . 6 % D ; ; PEASCOTTON PEAS . . d H _ _ , _ _ , , < - _ , , oft * e IUJ COTTON ,11M 11M , { ] 8 e % PEASO PEASFOttCANN ' FOttCANN 'ORCANN ORCANN OR GANN NO NOCOVER - . . . . - n nno . ' -no no - _ . _ _ _ u .11 11 . . 32 32'h 32h 32'hCORN % ' 0 O p , 0 O OPEAS I i CORN 8 a A ' " AFLAXSEED - _ . d _ ' _ . _ . _ . . . . . . , _ " 3R , . .REC REC , . . .v v . O OCATTLE .vOUT _ FLAXSEED EJiE.LiiL EJiELiiL . - . . . . . . _ . 0 ( - . - . > - . - . 11111 . - . . . 34 % CAZ1cVEESa CATTLE CALVES a & aCALVES &CALVES CALVES &CALVESPUD .8 8 .e9i e9i . % . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' --'f 'f f - " ' " - - " ' ' . ' - - - PUD FRU FOR cOR CANN Tie T TFOR NG NC NCI NCMLK _ . .8 8 ie . % SOY8EANS SOYBEANS SOY8EANS'f ' " , - _ . 0 . . . - . _ r - - , . . . . .0 0 . q _ . : . . . . - "IIr IIr " : . ; ' .54 54 .51 51 . % I ' M MLK LX . .aG aG ' . 8- 8 8OVER - ' . . . . . . . _ . - . . . . - . - - _ . . - . " " - ' . " . . - .aGCDSEEOCROP ( COVER OVER CROP CROPSEED . . : . - ; , "tc- "tc tc "tcSEED : CDSEEOCROP SEED : _ _ . ' ! _ 11 ' . _ . : .S7 S7 . ST9r % . ' ' ' . . . . : , n- n n11 - - - , - - . , . . . - . . - . . . CH c11 CKENS _ 0 A ' " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . 'd d h " ' ' ' - ' POTATOES _ 0 % TURPi T Tg TPROS TUBPENT g II PROS ROS NE N NFARM NE E , - . . _ ; : . , _ _ . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ , . ' ; " . . - . . " . . 'u u ' ; ' " , . . .S8 S8 . 56 10 N NTOBACCO TOBACCO _ .11 11 < . II % ' ' _ - u- u u.w _ . _ . . . . . - . . _ _ . . . - . .w w . _ . " .o o . - 1u- 1u 1uu . " .ol l ; DRY SEMS BEMs JJJJ _ 1310 1310p ' 3 ' . . , . , - . , . . . . . -p- p - p0 - . : > ; . . - . . . . 0 . . . . _ " . \ . . : . ) 13 73 % OUT ORY DRY F ELD ELO ELDEGGS ELOEGGS ELOPEAS PEA1 PEA EGGS _ 13 % ' - ' - ' - " , . , , ' , . . . . . . . _ . . , . Y-- Y - - " " ' - " - - YuIf ' ; \ -u-If u If ; : . " .7'o- .7o .7'o 7o ; ; . ' ! HOGS .7'oHOGS _ .4 4 . % d . ' " ' . _ _ " ' _ " . . _ . . . . . . . . : ' " . . . . . . . . . _ : ! , .f f . . . . FA FARM FARMGARDENS GARDENS RDENS : . . . - : : - - " ' 20 % PEANUTS * Wheol Wheal Wheallheonycammad s , lh the on y comrAod yla y fo to whthadeceae wh ch o dec eo co e s , des de , abe obe obGARDENS ob e American farm coals goals for 1912 1942 showing shoWUlg Increase Incrcase over ovcr 19-11 19 11 1941 - production I 45 000 pounds of potatoes 73 000pounds 000 000pounds 000pounds pounds of bee beef ! veal pork and lard lardThmk lardThink lardThink Thmk Think of it ' . EVERY MINUTE JlnNUTE MINUTEIf JlnNUTEU If U you saw the U S navy rldmg riding rldmgmaJestically ridingmajestically ridingmajestically maJestically in m ] n a sea of milk milkchances milkchances milkchances chances are you d call it a n ght ghtmare ghtmare ghtmare mare But could be Our farmers farmersthiS farmersthis farmersthis thiS sear year ear are scheduled to produce produce57 57 billion quarts ol of mllk-more mllk more milk-more milk milk - more than thanenough thanenough thanenough enough to float fioat not only our na\y na y nary naybut narybut na\ybut na ybut \ but ever every ) battlesh batUesh p aircraft car carfler carrier carner fler rier cru ser set destroyer and subma submarme submarine submarme rme rine owned by the Un led ted States StatesBrita StatesBrita StatesBnta Brita n Russia and all the other otherUruted otherUnited otherUnited Uruted United Nat ons combined combmed combinedIt combmedU combinedIf It U If you ; ) ou are good at mental PIC pie PICtures pieLures pictures tures Lures maybe ma be you can visualize 50 50billion 50billion 50billion billion eggs That s enough eggs eggsto eggsto eggsto to make a line Ime reaching reachmg se seven " en t mes mesfrom mesfrom mesfrom from the earth to the moon moonOr moonOr moonOr Or 221h 22i 22 % billion pounds of meat- meat meatenough meatenough meat-enough meat enough - enough to paie pa\e pa e pace \ seven four lane h gh ghways ghways ghways ways an inch th ck from New York Yorkto Yorkto Yorkto to San Franc sco-seven sco seven sco - - seven of themOr themOr them themOr Or 91 million acres of corn corn-an corn an cornanarea cornanarea - anarea area one fifth larger than Italy and andS andS andS S cily clly oily combmedBut combinedBut combined combmed combinedBut But \ why hy all this tills product on of offood offood offood food and fiber fiber7 ? ' It isn t a part of our ourvictory ourvictory ourvictory victory plan to drown the I 1\azls 1 azls nazis \ azis m mm ] inm n nm m Ik lk or to bombard the Japs Taps w th theggs theggs theggs eggs and potatoesFarmers potatoesFarmers potatoes potatoesFarmers Farmers Build Planes and ShipsWell ShipsWell Ships ShipsWell Well food fooel and fiber are not mere merely merely merely ly so many bags of ' wheat 'Wheat andno and "amany amany .0 0 no nomany " . .0many many bales of cotton They are Fly Flymg Flying Flying mg ing Fortresses and b g battleshJps battleships battleshJps11he battleshipslike battleshipslike 11he like the Washington and the North NorthCarolma NorthCarolina NorthCarolina Carolma Carolina and aircraft carriers carners like likethe likethe likethe the Wasp and General Grant tanks tanksand tanksand tanksand and workers hi In the factories factones and andbrave andbrave andbrave brave men at the front . . Those are arethe arethe arethe the crops our farmers are harvest harvestIng harvestmg harvestmg Ing mg this year in 3 022 count es of o1 theUnited the theUmted theUnited Umted United States / - I Iforms forms for sold ers era and clothes fo foci for forCI forcif ci\ ci cif cibans CIlIans \ bans lIans hans Aviators jackets pants pantshelmets pantshelmets pantshelmets helmets and boots are 1 I nedHth ned \Hth Hth with withshearl \ withshearl Hthshearl shearl ng sheep skins skms In fact the thea theaverage thaverage ( a\ a aerage average \ erage sold solder er uses 100 pounds of ofwool ofwool owool wool a year > ) ear against agamst an average oVi'i oVii of 2 23 % ' pounds for civiliansBut civilians civiliansBut But vital as are these materials for forour forour forour our weapons of war they are much muchless muchless muchless less important than the food whIch whIchnounshes whichnourishes whichnourishes nounshes nourishes our workers and sustains sustainsour sustainsour sustainsour ; our fighters Food ] is s one essential essentialwithout essentialwithout essentialwithout without which no man can fight or orwork orwork orwork orworkBataan work workBataan workBataan Bataan Proved Procd Pro\ Pro \ cd ItLook It ItLook Look at Bataan to see how howtrue howtrue howtrue true that is Look at Bataan to tosee tosee tosee see the importance of food Ac Accordmg According According cordmg cording to reports mule meat meatand meatand meatand and rice nce were allour all our forces badto had hadto hadto to eat cat from early carlv February Februan un untll until until tll til the time of ultimate ulhmate surren surrendcr surrender surrcnder surrcndere dcr der \\e e we \ n \ e just couldn t t get through throughto to themlth them \ nith \\lth lth with \ enough pork and andbeef andbeef andbeef beef to do them thcm theni any an } ) good And Andwhat Andwhat Andwhat what happened happcned ? Our last coun counter counter counter ter attack failed not because of ofbullets ofbullets ofbullets bullets or bon bs but because of ofsheer ofsheer ofsheer sheer exhaustion A shortage offood of offood offood food and sleep had drained dramed out outalmost outalmost outalmost almost the last dregs of vitality vitalityBataan \ vitalityBatain Itallty ItalltyBata'ln Bata'ln Bataln Bataan ' fell only onlv after its defend defenden defenders defenders en ers no longer had the ph physical physicalstrength physicalstrength slcal slcalstrength strength to stand standThat standThat That tune time food worked for the theenemy theenemy theenemy , enemy G ven yen the shipp ng six mil million million million lion American Amencan farmers are deter determmed determined determined mmed mined that from now on food shallwork shall shallwork shallwork work for us They know that today todaya , a tractor used in m product on of food foodIs foodIs foodis [ Is just as important as a tank on the thebattlefield thebattlefield thebattlefield , battlefield They kno v that what whattbey whatthey whathey ) tbey they do on the tbe r farms is important . , . The number of o1 planes tanks tanhs and [ officials Give us the meat eggsand eggs eggsand eggsand and cheese and we U 11 increase pro pro- product product product - - duct on 15 to 20 per cen . . Again Agam an appalling appallmg loss of pro product product product duct on is suffered surTered annually through throughs s ckness of workers In 1941 more morethan morethan morethan than 20 times tunes as many man days dayswere dayswere were \ \ ere lost by sickness as by stnkes strikes stnkesThe strikesThe strikesThe The most common sickness is the theord theord ord nary cold and the best preven proven preventlve provenlive live tlve tor for it ] is s a good d et et etSo . . So it ft s the job of our farmers to tokeep tokeep toceep keep our men fit-as fit as fit - as fit as our ma machines machines machines chines It s their job to prov de the thevitamin thevitamin thevitamin vitamin A which helps fl fi ers see atnight at atmght atnight mght night the vitamin vltamill Bwh B wh ch helps helpscurb helpscurb helpscurb curb sea sickness nervousness and andd andd andd d gestive gestlve troubles the vitamin vltamm C Chlch Cwhich Cwhich \\hlch hlch which \ \ wards off oil scurvy bad teeth teethIrntab teethirritab teethirntab Irntab irritab 1 I ty llstlessness listlessness and plagues plagueswh plagueswh plagueswh wh ch m ill in the World war took a b g gger gget gger ger get toll of lives than bombs bul but bullets butlets bulets lets shells and gas combinedYes combined combinedYes Yes v tamms tamins and good food arewar are arewar arewar war weapons But to Igct het et them- them themand themand them themand - and especially to get the r ght ghtamounts ghtamounts ghtamounts amounts of the r ght th ngs-Is ngs Is ngs - is a acolossal acolossal acolossal colossal tlskThat taskThat task tlsk taskThat : That is why goals are just asnecessary as asnecessary asnecessary necessary tor for agriculture as they theyare theyare theyare are for plane or tank manufactur manufacturers ers We want a specific number of offortresses offortresses offortresses fortresses or medium bombers or orpurSUIt orpursuit orursuit purSUIt ? sh ps or tra n ng planesSo planesSo planes So too m agriculture agrleulturc we want a aspecIfic aspecific aspecific specIfic amount of pork of beef of ofmilk ofmilk ofmilk milk and all other farm products productsFortunately productsFortunately Fortunately our farmers farmcrs are readyfor readyfor ready for the job Fight nght months beforePearl beforePearl before Pearl Harbor they began turnmgout turningout turning turnmg out war ar products requested by the theBntlsh theBritish British Bntlsh for lend lcnd lease shipmentThree shipmentThree shipment shipmentThree Three months before Pearl Harbor Harborfarmers Harborfarmers farmers were wcre fully organized on a awar awar awar war time basIsFarm basisFarm basis basisFarm Farm Production Is PlannedProduction Planned PlannedProductionOn Production ProductionOn ProductionOn ProductionOn On Apr 1 3 1941 Secretary of Agnculture Ag Agriculture nculture riculture Wickard called tor for a b g gexpansIOn gexpansion |