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SEVEN YEARS OF THE FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRAM have prepared the small farming population for the vital job of increasing food production for the war. A survey at the end of 1941 showed that those who had been on the FSA program for more than a year have doubled their food production. For 1942 FSA farmers pledged an increase of 1,150,000,000 pounds of milk over 1941, 235,000,000 pounds of pork, 34,000,000 pounds of beef, 77,000,000 dozen eggs, and a similar increase in vegetables. There are 683,327 Negro farm operators in the United States. Some 95 percent live in the Southern States. They have shared generously in the Federal Government's program to aid the farmer. The Farm Security Administration has made 60,440 loans to Negro farmers. These loans total about $50,000,000. Negroes represent 21 percent of the farm operators in the Southern States; they have received 20.9 percent of loans in that area. While the farmer learns how to get the most out of his land, his wife learns how to preserve food by pressure cooking and canning and the family lays aside the surplus from its vegetable garden for the winter. Left: farmer paying back a part of his loan. Below: the old shanty and the new home built with a Government loan.

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