Conservation farming increases yields per acre
Agriculture Department chart poster: three red panels convert added crop yields into military rations, 12 bushels of corn into 470 pork ration tins, three-quarters of a ton of hay into butter for one soldier for 936 days, and 4 tons of tomatoes into rations for 250 soldiers for 128 days. Selected figures are given with no stated basis (card-stacking), and the soldiers' food is linked to the farmer's acreage.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, War Boards
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- 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. Department of Agriculture, War Boards. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-593 (NAID 514073).
Text on the object
CONSERVATION FARMING INCREASES YIELDS PER ACRE.. ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ADDED CORN to produce PORK to fill 470 RATION TINS for U.S. Soldiers 12 Bushels PORK ADDED HAY* to produce MILK to make BUTTER 3/4 Ton for 1 Soldier for 936 days ADDED TOMATOES = TOMATO RATIONS 4 Tons Tomato for 250 Soldiers 128 days *Amount of hay usually fed milk cows along with other feeds FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE YOUR SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE OR AAA REPRESENTATIVE, COUNTY AGENT OR SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT SUPERVISORS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WAR BOARDS GET More PER ACRE [imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—548046
