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title: 'Men to farm: Food and fiber are needed as never before to feed and clothe'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/men-to-farm-food-and-fiber-1943/
description: 'All-type poster in red and black on cream: ''MEN to farm'', with ''food'', ''fiber'', ''feed'' and ''clothe'' underlined in red brush strokes.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Men to farm: Food and fiber are needed as never before to feed and clothe, 1943 US poster: All-type poster in red and black](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/men-to-farm-food-and-fiber-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/men-to-farm-food-and-fiber-1943.jpg)

# Men to farm: Food and fiber are needed as never before to feed and clothe

All-type poster in red and black on cream: 'MEN to farm', with 'food', 'fiber', 'feed' and 'clothe' underlined in red brush strokes, a numbered list of three beneficiaries (armed forces, allies, ourselves) and the line 'Every member of the farm family must help!'. There is no picture. The technique is faint; the appeal that every member of the family must help is a mild bandwagon.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
MEN TO FARM
FOOD AND FIBER ARE NEEDED AS NEVER BEFORE TO FEED AND CLOTHE:
1. OUR ARMED FORCES
2. OUR ALLIES
3. OURSELVES
★ EVERY MEMBER OF THE FARM FAMILY MUST HELP!
[imprint: ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—544305]
```

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