| Show I Uncle ant Farmers Farmers' Best Customer 30 Marketing Centers Established 11 t 1 r sf 1 G it d FORT N I SAY rl 1 I ra Uncle Sam the American farmers farmer's farm farm- farmers farmer's fanner's ers er's best individual customer spends a day every day in inthe inthe inthe the year on foodstuffs for his army To afford the best possible facilities facilities facilities facil facil- in handling these immense sales it is announced that 30 regional regional regional re re- re- re gional marketing centers are being established throughout the country where producers may sell direct or through community or farm faim co co- co- co operatives In this manner the Quartermaster Corps bought tons of turkey together with all the trimmings for the soldiers soldiers' Thanksgiving dinner and amI just now no Uncle Sam Sin is stocking up for the 1 Christmas holidays and arid anu all an all the hearty meals that will come in between Through the marketing centers it itis itis itis is declared that Uncle Sam and the millions of American farmers will get better acquainted d. d Uncle Sam will get fresh produce of the highest quality and the farmers will get higher prices An example of the volume of goods taken b by bythe bythe the army anny is reported in recent re requisitions requisitions requisitions re- re for rations during the tho autumn autumn maneuvers in the Carolinas where the purchases in Columbia and Wellington marketing centers included dozen of c eggs g pounds of butter pounds of cheese pounds of I turkey and pounds of chicken I At the same time a program has I been announced for the of a large part of the seasonal output output out out- put of local canneries smaller industries situated in the s ct fruit and vegetable growing re re- re gions These district purchases will augment the recent buying buvin of I I OO cans of vegetables through r l the Chicago Quartermaster Depot Of the horses and mules doing their bit in the army the great majority of these equine recruits recruits recruits re re- wore wor brough from brought from the farms within the last few months the purchases amounting to The spring program calls for a still greater number of riding horses and draught animals From all sections of the countr country come reports that Uncle Sams Sam's is a s symbol of or prosperity pros- pros I on the farm I |
