Build a silo -- Save the corn

Title

Build a silo -- Save the corn

Subject

Communication Artifacts ; Advertising Media ; Poster

Description

Two farmers unloading hay and storing it in the silo with airplanes overhead
Text: "Build a silo, save the corn. The feed value of 100 tons of silage, over and above that saved by ordinary harvesting, is sufficient to make food to supply 2400 American soldiers for one day."
Food production and conservation committee
State council of defense of Illinois

Creator

State Council of Defense of Illinois

Source

Emil A. Blackmore Museum Collection (Poster ID: 187)

Date

undated

Rights

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Format

17 x 23 in.

Language

eng

Type

still image

Identifier

187

Coverage

World War I, 1914-1918 ; United States (nation)

Collection

Citation

State Council of Defense of Illinois, “Build a silo -- Save the corn,” The Emil A. Blackmore Museum, accessed March 28, 2024, https://legionmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/189.

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