Show nations farms provide needed war materials new emphasis placed on crop Conver conversion simi much deserved publicity has been given to thi the converting of industries such as automobile manufacture to war production vivid pictures have been drawn of the changeover change over of machinery machiner y to new high speed aircraft work for example and of the rapi rapidity city with which these changes have been made farmers have been mak making ing just as abrupt and often consi considerably durably more sweeping conversions to assure their best possible contribution aution to the war effort farm products have been utilized by industry an all along but new emphasis p h asis has been placed jm on this aspect of agriculture since it became necessary to replace imports with things produced at home and increase production of crops alread already y in use when the he farmer starts raising hemp he is 19 entering a new type of production that requires careful study and intelligent appl application of efficient methods hes growing hal bal yards and hawsers hawkers for the navy and its up to him to replace the millions of feet of lines that once came thousands of miles from the philippines drug plau plants tsI such as belladonna and henbane and the trees from the bark of which comes quinine are being raised in increasing quantities to take the place of former imports that are vital to the lives of soldiers and civilians alike war activities to refer malily mainly to muskets bayonets and ind cannon not so today now in the front line is placed farming food Is not only a weapon in itself but the farmers fields are also providing needed materials of war |