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title: Winter Meals from a Well-Planned Plot
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-winter-meals-well-planned-plot-1939/
description: A bird's-eye drawing of a ten-rod vegetable plot is staked with labels giving yields in pounds for each crop, such as 274 lbs of potatoes from six rows.
section: Collection
---

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[![Winter Meals from a Well-Planned Plot, 1939 UK poster: A bird's-eye drawing of a ten-rod vegetable plot is staked with labels](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-winter-meals-well-planned-plot-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-winter-meals-well-planned-plot-1939.jpg)

# Winter Meals from a Well-Planned Plot

A bird's-eye drawing of a ten-rod vegetable plot is staked with labels giving yields in pounds for each crop, such as 274 lbs of potatoes from six rows. Only yields are shown, with no mention of soil, labour or weather, so the plot reads as a guaranteed larder; the Cropping Plan is offered free from the Ministry.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
WINTER MEALS FROM A WELL-PLANNED PLOT

GLOBE BEET Two rows give you 38 lbs. to STORE for winter
SPROUTING BROCCOLI Two rows give you 23 lbs. of FRESH vegetables for winter use
SAVOYS Two rows give you 58 lbs. of FRESH vegetables for winter use
SHALLOTS Two rows give you 3 lbs. to STORE for winter use
TURNIPS Five rows give you 54 lbs. to STORE for winter use
KALE Two rows give you 23 lbs. of FRESH vegetables for winter use
CABBAGE Three rows give you 100 lbs. of FRESH vegetables for winter use
PARSNIPS Three rows give you 67 lbs. to STORE for winter use
LEEKS Four rows give you 36 lbs. of FRESH vegetables for winter use
SWEDES Two rows give you 35 lbs. to STORE for winter
BRUSSELS SPROUTS Two rows give you 43 lbs. of FRESH vegetables for winter use
POTATOES Six rows give you 274 lbs. to STORE for winter use
SPINACH BEET One row gives you 20 lbs. of FRESH vegetables for winter use
CARROTS Five rows give you 54 lbs. to STORE for winter use
ONIONS Eight rows give you 30 lbs. to STORE for winter use

A well-planned ten rod garden yields
These vegetables for winter meals.

The Cropping Plan tells how it's done:
Send to the M.A.F.* for one

* Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries,
Lindum Hotel, St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancs.

HENRION
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greycaines, Watford and London. 51-2961
```

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