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title: I Volunteer to Help Win the War by Producing and Saving Food and Feeds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-volunteer-to-help-win-the-war-county-agents-1917/
description: A text-only gate-post card in red and blue type asks the reader to 'volunteer' to produce and save food and feeds.
section: Collection
---

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[![I Volunteer to Help Win the War by Producing and Saving Food and Feeds, 1917 US poster: A text-only gate-post card in red](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/i-volunteer-to-help-win-the-war-county-agents-1917.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/i-volunteer-to-help-win-the-war-county-agents-1917.jpg)

# I Volunteer to Help Win the War by Producing and Saving Food and Feeds

A text-only gate-post card in red and blue type asks the reader to 'volunteer' to produce and save food and feeds, then says 'Don't be a slacker' and 'Join my company.' The reader is told to see the county agent. The tell is the pairing of an invitation to join a company of volunteers with the label 'slacker' for those who stay out.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
TACK THIS ON YOUR GATE POST

I VOLUNTEER

TO HELP WIN THE WAR

By Producing and Saving Food and Feeds

WILL YOU

DON'T BE A SLACKER

JOIN MY COMPANY

Talk With Your County Agents

For any other information write to Division of Extension, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This card is printed for your use thru the co-operation of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Agriculture, and the College of Agriculture, University of Tennessee. Charles A. Keffer, Director, Division of Extension, Knoxville, Tennessee.

TACK THIS ON YOUR GATE POST
```

The partly visible attached card at the right edge (fragments such as 'readwinner', 'ments for food conservation?', 'dministration wishes to have as men', 'All women over sixteen are eligib') is cut off and not transcribed. The final word of 'Talk With Your County Agents' is partly covered by it.

[← I Am a Soldier of the United States (Service Series No. 12)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-am-a-soldier-of-the-united-states-service-series-no-12-1917/) [I vy občané, vzhůru do boje! Upisujte 7. válečnou půjčku! (You too, citizens, on to the fight! Subscribe to the 7th War Loan!) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-vy-obcane-1917/)

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