Conservation farming increases yields now!
Farm-conservation poster pairing two photographs: a gullied, eroded field labelled 'This land works for the enemy' and a contoured, strip-cropped field labelled 'This land works for United Nations'. The technique is card-stacking by paired contrast: only the worst and best outcomes are shown, with the war cast as the stake.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- 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-595 (NAID 514075).
Text on the object
CONSERVATION FARMING INCREASES YIELDS Now! THIS LAND WORKS FOR THE ENEMY THIS LAND WORKS FOR UNITED NATIONS PRODUCE MORE FOOD FOR FREEDOM through SOIL CONSERVATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WAR BOARDS [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—487704
