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title: Food Comes First
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/food-comes-first-1943/
description: 'Farm production poster: a farmer on a large red tractor ploughs under a stormy sky, with bombers and fighters overhead and tanks on the horizon.'
section: Collection
---

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# Food Comes First

Farm production poster: a farmer on a large red tractor ploughs under a stormy sky, with bombers and fighters overhead and tanks on the horizon, beneath the headline 'FOOD COMES FIRST'. The tell is the placing of farm work alongside military hardware so that the farm takes on the standing of the front line (transfer), with a short absolute slogan (glittering generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
FOOD COMES FIRST
[signature: Glenn Grohe]
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-521086]
```

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