APPENDIX III 



PROGRAM FOR FOOD PRODUCTION AND 

 CONSERVATION 



THE FARMER'S RESPONSIBILITY 



Upon the farmer rests in large measure the final responsi- 

 bility of winning the war in which we are now involved. The 

 importance to the nation of an adequate food supply, espe- 

 cially for the present year, can not be over-emphasized. The 

 world's food reserve is very low. Not only our own con- 

 sumers, but much of the world at large, must rely more com- 

 pletely than ever before upon the American farmer. There- 

 fore, the man who tills the soil and supports the soldier in the 

 field and the family at home, is rendering as noble and patriotic 

 a service as is the man who bears the brunt of battle. 



The American farmer has long shown his ability to pro- 

 duce more food per man and at lower cost per unit than any 

 other farmer in the world, but he has never had to do his best. 

 He needs to do his best now. This is not the time to experi- 

 ment with new and untried crops and processes. It is very 

 important that the farmer devote his principal efforts to the 

 production of such crops and the employment of such methods 

 as are well established in his community and as are likely to 

 yield the maximum return in food and clothing material. 



Within the next sixty days the final measure of crop acreage 

 and food production for this year will have been established. 

 We urge the importance of the immediate mobilization of all 

 available service of the federal and state Departments of Agri- 

 culture and the colleges of agriculture in cooperation with the 

 press, the banks, the commercial organizations, the religious and 

 the social societies, that all may heartily join with the farmer 

 in performing the patriotic duty of providing and conserving 

 food. 



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