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title: Twenty Sheep to Equip and Clothe Each Soldier. Boys and Girls Can Help. Join a Sheep Club
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/join-a-sheep-club-twenty-sheep-1918/
description: Four smiling children stand behind a feeding trough of sheep below a red silhouette of artillery and marching troops.
section: Collection
---

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[![Twenty Sheep to Equip and Clothe Each Soldier. Boys and Girls Can Help. Join a Sheep Club, 1918 US poster: Four smiling](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/join-a-sheep-club-twenty-sheep-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/join-a-sheep-club-twenty-sheep-1918.jpg)

# Twenty Sheep to Equip and Clothe Each Soldier. Boys and Girls Can Help. Join a Sheep Club

Four smiling children stand behind a feeding trough of sheep below a red silhouette of artillery and marching troops. The text says twenty sheep are needed to equip and clothe each soldier and invites boys and girls to join a sheep club through their county agent. The technique is plain folks, with farm children shown as ordinary participants in the war effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Twenty sheep to equip and
clothe each soldier

Boys and girls can help

Join a sheep club

Write to-day for full information to
your County Agent or Club Leader or
State Director of Extension
State Agricultural College

[seal: United States Department of Agriculture]
H.S.
BREUKER & KESSLER CO. PHILA.
```

Small imprint lines at the foot read from the image.

[← Italiens, souscrivez au 4ème Emprunt de la Défense Nationale (Banca Italiana di Sconto, Paris)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/italiens-souscrivez-banca-italiana-di-sconto-1918/) [Keep 'Em Smiling! Help War Camp Community Service: Morale Is Winning the War →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-smiling-war-camp-community-service-1918/)

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