Show scrap from farms wi 11 help in production of equipment r A t S S WW A WANTED all the iron and steel strap scrap that is lying dormant on farms such as obsolete broken and worn out equipment and other accumulated material it is urgently needed to maintain and increase the output ot of steel plants and foundries more scrap means more steel if steel mills and foundries are to achieve any increase in production over the present high level all available farm scrap must be started moving off the farms says the committee on iron and steel scrap of american iron and steel institute farmers everywhere ean can help toward more steel by scrapping their obsolete equipment and selling it promptly to a local scrap dealer wit with hother lother iron and steel scrap from their farms it will be used to make steel tor for defense equipment and essential civilian items the need insurgent is urgent steel plants and foundries are now using record quantities of scrap every day in 1951 about tons of pur chased scrap are being used never before have such large quantities been required even so the heed will increase for steel capacity is scheduled to rise sharply over the next year or two farms have always been a good source of scrap and during the war when drives were conducted agricultural areas yielded large tonnages ton nages of scrap to help win the conflict farmers are asked to take their scrap now nov to town and sell it to scrap dealers if the scrap is unusually bulky preventing its easy transportation by the farmer the scrap dealer can be called or ar ran range ments can be made through the local farm agent to get it to them the dealer farms are ona one 0 of the principal sources of the scrap that is required by steel companies and foundries auto wrecking yards factories and railroads are among the other major sources more scrap from farms means more steell steel |