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title: 'Shucks Henry! You''ve never seen a bumper crop (NARA title: The Sower)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-shucks-henry-bumper-crop-wpa-1938/
description: A figure labelled Hopkins, in farmer's straw hat and neckerchief, runs across a map arrow marked "The South" scattering banknotes and coins from a bag
section: Collection
---

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[![Shucks Henry! You've never seen a bumper crop, 1938 US cartoon: A figure labelled Hopkins, in farmer's straw hat](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-shucks-henry-bumper-crop-wpa-1938.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-shucks-henry-bumper-crop-wpa-1938.jpg)

# Shucks Henry! You've never seen a bumper crop (NARA title: The Sower)

A figure labelled Hopkins, in farmer's straw hat and neckerchief, runs across a map arrow marked "The South" scattering banknotes and coins from a bag marked "WPA". A figure labelled Wallace sits on a fence holding "Wheat Crop Reports". The cartoon casts Hopkins's relief spending as a harvest and uses farmer dress and talk for its humour; plain-folks is a weak fit, since the costume is a visual metaphor rather than an appeal.

## 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

```
SHUCKS HENRY! YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A BUMPER CROP! WAIT 'TIL YOU GET A LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY!
WHEAT CROP REPORTS
WALLACE
HOPKINS
WPA
THE SOUTH
Jim Berryman
```

[← But boss, them ain't windmills! Them's Democrats!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-but-boss-them-aint-windmills-1938/) [Ausstellung »Der ewige Jude«: Schautafel »Jüdische Drückebergerei und Betriebsamkeit im Weltkrieg« →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ewige-jude-ausstellung-schautafel-berlin-1938/)

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