| Show Us S farmers with must double the herculean task requires advance painstaking plans before they win global battle for food farmers of this country must solve a double problem they must produce ithial record highs high of at foods and fibers with I 1 leis machinery equipment supplies and labor supplies enough food 0 and afi fiber er I 1 not only for to civilians food of t this to is country but for those of the united nations tor far out or fighting men man and those of our allies that at s a task I a hercules egl might t sav from a to a job which dem demands painstaking planning to this end the department of as ag ri culture has again established food 1 and fiber goals for the nation as it did in 1942 see accompanying cc p yag dom dia grams uns these goals he have re been broken down into state goals which in turn um are being broken down into goals cola for each of the 3 counties of f the united states throughout the nation americas 6 farmers are now talking over ever the goals goal with neighbors who w ho are agricultural A g notch ural adjustment agency ag an cy AAA k farmer committeemen E eventually abali Y goals will be set set for a each ach farm with the producer signing a voluntary production cc contract I 1 A contract which thich in effect 1 is a I 1 pledge ledge to the not nation that hell he U keep to food ad and fiber rolling to all fronts at home and abroad I 1 broadly br alv food and ad fiber goals go in 1943 call for the same over all jr production total that former farmers achieved I 1 this yr year when hn ahe their r affert efforts resulted in an it all time production do high 12 per cent greater the than that of any previous previn cis year in american hist oryl just what does that 12 per cent gain represent it represents a gain fain in production product use which is more than twice that achieved during daring tiie the five year period covering horld orld bar 1 I it is by far the greatest production g gain that ha has ev ever r been made mad in a single 1 I 1 year c of b by Y american rican agriculture that gives one a rough idea of 11 what america s farmers are up against in 1943 besides beides be ides wartime obstacles bs t dole which will grow to ever g greater reater proportions farmers must meet assume that they re going to have normal weather nex next t year another way of saying bad weather co compared par r d with this year when grew growing conditions were better than theyne been in years year that means lower yields the dif dd farence will 11 have to be made up by more efficient farming by more intensive farming by planting crops where they 11 grow best by vigorous unremitting effort on it the part pan of all civili civilians atut to help farmers get la Is bor bar equipment and materials materials waste must most G go the far farmer or a objective m the B battle atla for food 1943 rill be to reach each goal without wasting an am ounce of effort a minute of time an acre of 01 land or a sliver silver of material glen and machinery only by doing this ca can he reach each one me goal without jeopardizing his chances of reaching another he must most face the f ft fact t that there aren arent t enough land resources resource 5 in america for far much acreage expansion p a n he must apply the principle of so selective active service to his be acres arco for a sample example he knows that only beat about seven a million acres of land ca can be added to the 1942 figure of million acres put to row raw crops small grains and hay crops but he also knows that he can make that added acreage count for more by putting it to war crops which bring higher yields than crops he would n normally rm ally plant by wise expansion of this sort by shifting other acres to crops that less labor supplies machinery production shown in world war I 1 Is all CAN ats a ste aw ste ff liaw CANNING PEAS RYE coo S SUGAR BEETS I 1 TI CM 1 TP Eci assaBa 43 pt POTATOES I 1 16 cm TRuCK CROPS nw RGE ficen ato atoo N ga foots ALL FEED GRAINS ITI SWEET POTATOES but 1 FRUIT leae boi IM so oto 43 CANNING vegetables ALL MEATS 11 w 1 coric CORN sto so cs 71 E sa T T for 1943 mr farmer must see to it that there is a great increase Is ir all meats and corn but there will be a reduction in canning vegetables beats cices fresh I 1 I 1 fruits its met count most it will b be possible to get duiett anje as great real a P production md h m 1943 us on I 1 in 1942 of the DIE things for which we be have the most critical need in some case i production may be greater th thus in the farmer a is a out to get gel more or meat eat ieter dairy and it poultry prod arts hides and by products byproducts about the same production product ot of fresh vegetables ab a for or consumption d and nd processing 0 dry dry beans and dry peas and P potatoes matoes sugar and rice nee almost the same feed gram pr production pasture and forage crops more fiber flax he hemp mp long staple cotton and beat about the same a a production of other cotton and tobacco to get more of these all important crops the farmer knows that he be must plant less of others wheat is sm an outstanding example we have enough on hand to take care of normal needs for two years without raising another gram it would be virtual sabotage to put more land mr american farmer he it dhe pub to what in 1943 consequently th the goal for wheat has as ja been can j lowered demand for dairy products in 1943 will exceed supply but bread grains will wili be abundant although meat t production reached a record arach crach big high I 1 I 1 this year and will probably be higher next rationing is necessary me r y because b of unprecedented demand j however t the h a ration will allow the I 1 j average consumer about as a much I 1 meat as usual I 1 1 the in man an who has devoured a I 1 I 1 large T bone be or two each day win will I 1 have to change his habits it ft may be good for him nutrition nutritionally fly a speaking peaking the 1943 goals are closely linked to the nations nation s dietary needs for the number of planes and tanks and BEEF COTTLE CALVES MILE 1 I OATS I 1 IBL tt al 41 I 1 SHEEP WHEAT EGGS BARLEY to ali as 3 EasE aai 4 CHICKENS LJ GRAIN SORGHUM ae gillim 4 BBB 73 7 LARD cardlin FLAXSEED IMI COTTON it i there must be move more hogs more milk in more ore lard more and still b beef et cattle but not in more as a much cotton or barley or oats vitamins and victory during t the h a it dark or it dys days of 0 it 1940 in england B british I 1 tish doctors noticed that superficial scratch scratches h which should have healed in it a day or two were taking two we weeks ek ta to heal beat they found that a lack of va vitamins is ams in peoples blood was the cause theres there s a direct connection between vitamins and vo vi tray story ships and guns gons turned out by workers is a determined largely Is gely by the kind and quantity of food they eat eaic take the figures fl g ares on comparative days do ys lost by b y strikes and sickness in 11 1941 A about bout 20 times notes as many mandahs were lost by sickness as by strikes in that year and the most prevalent alent illness was the common jurld cc cold which doctors say can be best prevented by a good diet good food flood is the equivalent of millions A of laborers th the british tor example have pointed out at t that production for dice tion 1 is 15 to 20 per par cent eat grant greater who when their workers are eating as a they should vitamin B curbs nervousness and digestive troubles vitamin C wards off scurvy curvy bad teeth and me many similar ilar ailments scurvy was an I 1 im factor in the internal break down in germany in 1918 that hitler knows this is only too evident from the way he is bleeding the occupied cu P ced countries of europe S scurvy has been be D responsible for far more I 1 deaths than all 11 the wrap weapons of war combined food for good diets is not the only thing the farmer is after a as s he sets out ut to meet 1913 1943 4 g goals a Is wants he wants fl fibers b ars and anci oil oils and other crops which are vital to the maintenance cenance a of our war industries in 1 1942 4 2 farmers raised enough soybeans flaxseed peanuts and cottonseed to produce million gallons of vegetable oil 54 per cent more than in 1941 our allies are asking s k mg 1 for or five times as much saget vegetable ita oil j as we normally export to all nations nations next efat years vegetable oil goal calls 1 for about as much as the record 1942 production 11 II farmers meet fic the test the resulting g geysers by aiu D literally ar drown the axis j for or vegetable babl oils are the sour source c e of glycerine w used a d rion in a explosives pis pi s t they h e ar are lucers used ee in p protective ketive paints it or battleships planes plane and ad A other th er c war machines and they nave have thousand I 1 industrial dur caad uses sea to say nothing of their use in foods and cooking suffice to say th the thearin farm job in m 1943 is in all 11 important to to farmers hatim and civilians alike perhaps the III great est eat obstacle will be lack of h help elp 0 on the farm F fortunately itura tely it is in overcoming this obstacle tac 1 a that civilians can do most to help the farmer this year townspeople scho school of children professional men and worn wern en an college youth and men from army camps achieved miracles on harvest h fields throughout the nation E even van B british british sailors pitched in to help he P harvest our bountiful food end and fiber b r supplies next et year the job will be much tougher to er the department of a agriculture estimates that the nation could or use 1 million m than more ore baiten full u time osor workers ker than there are in sight to do the job th the a d department has thrown throw every berj one or of us agencies e oil into the he ov farm arm a labor fight sad and I 1 it to is receiving valuable assistance from other agencies of the tha government however 1 it 1 is going to take the c continuing at I 1 e efforts rt 0 of f civilians and others other t to fill fil the ga gap p through such operation cooperation co and sheer hard work work a on his part Y th the formal farmer will get IL his job done |
