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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Government Printing Office issue (issuer not named on sheet)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Government. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1347 (NAID 515001).
Text on the object
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]
