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title: '...But I have an experts advice on how not to hand'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-but-i-have-an-experts-advice-1955/
description: A man in overalls and a straw-brimmed hat rides a tractor labelled Farm Problem, holding a booklet titled "G.O.P. Mistakes" by Adlai Stevenson.
section: Collection
---

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[![...But I have an experts advice on how not to hand, 1955 US cartoon: A man in overalls and a straw-brimmed hat rides](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-but-i-have-an-experts-advice-1955.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-but-i-have-an-experts-advice-1955.jpg)

# ...But I have an experts advice on how not to hand

A man in overalls and a straw-brimmed hat rides a tractor labelled Farm Problem, holding a booklet titled "G.O.P. Mistakes" by Adlai Stevenson, and wags a finger at a worried farmer leaning on a fence. The cartoon argues that Stevenson offers criticism rather than a way to handle the farm problem; the technique is plain-folks, the candidate shown in farm dress.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
FARM PROBLEM
"G.O.P. MISTAKES" by Adlai Stevenson
Jim Berryman Washington Star
```

[← UN Force for Peace and Progress poster (Urdu poster distributed in Lahore)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/un-force-for-peace-and-progress-urdu-lahore-1955/) [Old soldiers never die...they just fade back in. →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-old-soldiers-never-die-fade-back-in-1955/)

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