Der Tag for the American farm revolution was set last week for Sept. 15. Beginning that day, blunt Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard will appear first in Salt Lake City, then in Chicago, New York and Memphis to tell the farmers of each section their role in the greatest food-production program ever conceived.
In 1918 the U.S. asked its farmers for more cotton and more wheat. Today, Claude Wickard's whole idea is to grow less cotton, less wheat and more food. He wants to make dairy products, poultry and vegetables basic crops, as important...
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