A crop that never fails: buy more bonds
Painting of a farmer in straw hat and overalls holding a pitchfork, looking over a field where wheat sheaves are replaced by bundles of $100 war bonds, with a farm in the distance. A blue '6th War Loan' tag and a red rising-sun design appear at lower left, with 'BUY MORE BONDS'. Plain-folks and an investment-as-harvest metaphor; the safety claim in the headline is given without figures.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division (artist: E. Melchoran, signature unclear)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-273 (NAID 513722).
Text on the object
A CROP THAT NEVER FAILS 6th WAR LOAN BUY MORE BONDS [signature:] [illegible] [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944-O-610770 OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER WFD-960
