Help Us Save the Grain and Win the War! Pitch Evenly, Heads First
A typographic card tells grain-stack pitchers to 'Pitch evenly, heads first' to save grain and win the war, over the Food Administration's shield-and-wheat seal. A purple stamp names W. D. Towe, Crawford County Food Administrator, Cuba, Mo. It joins a practical threshing instruction to a war-winning claim.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- U.S. Food Administration (Crawford County, Missouri)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
U.S. Food Administration (Crawford County, Missouri). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-275.
Text on the object
Help Us Save the Grain and Win the War! PITCH EVENLY—HEADS FIRST UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION PLEASE FRAME AND FASTEN THIS WHERE PITCHERS WILL SEE IT CONSTANTLY WHILE WORKING W. D. TOWE, Crawford County Food Administrator CUBA, MO.
The last three lines are a purple rubber stamp.
