these are americans on their way to the battlefront of. democracy fighting men dedicating their lives to securing a better world for all soldiers of america. but we have another army. the men in plants and factories producing weapons fighting forces in an ever growing flood. our soldiers have production production and behind all these than the broad rich acres of america and the men who grow our food produce vital raw materials and give their sons of this land may remain free. this is the story one such american farm.

this is farmer henry browne age 38. father of three children farming 40 acres. this year, henry browne is growing on his farm than ever before. and to get their work done is summer days. he and his have to be up with the sun. this january, doing the milking this year for the first time. they have cold and young him. he is raising the cap of his own. he is going to be the best in the county. milk for breakfast and eggs to this is raising 20 him. most all good ladies those that are in good layers will make

good eaters. she says. last year there was just the same old corn bread and fatback for breakfast food. you up all right? but didn't really build strong, healthy bodies. young henry grows like johnson grows. but even so, he's already begun to fill a father's. plenty to do today. not that every farmer doesn't always have plenty of work. but this year it's different. different. because this year it isn't cotton and corn. the government said we needed more fats and oil to make for what the -- got. so from brown thought of peanuts, we really needed to try 15 acres of them for father figure to it would be good for a man to try his hand at a kind of crop. yes a good farmer will respect for his land and the job it has to do. last fall, he put lime phosphate on 20 acres of the poorest part, his farm, and now both he and country will benefit from the better crop. you harvest. if the weather holds, henry figures on making a real fine crop of peanuts.

before going out to help the cotton shopping. mother to garden a bit. there's not much here that will be sold, but there's a lot here that will be in this summer and some that's going to be put away for next winter. no, sir. the browns be depending on a grocery store. philip, can things the people in the cities who just can't grow their own vegetables vegetables. this is a pretty good farmer, too. she certainly works hard tending the chickens. must be worth the trouble, though, because she's got a mighty healthy.

40 acres of land. not particularly land either. a barn isn't big or even new, and no tractor, that's a team of mules and understands of the earth and things that grow and hours of hard work for everyone. doesn't seem like much, but these are the sort of things that make a farmer like putting a new board on the when it's needed and saving those burlap bags last fall.

now we need them badly and we're glad they weren't thrown away. and because as farm was grease and put on the cover when not in use, it will probably last the duration and that's important because as long as our factories are turning out tanks and guns, we just have to make everything even the land. oh, yes, the land can be wasted. if farmer brown hadn't planted those peanuts and rows following the of the slope, rain wash away both his crop and his land. and right now, this land, the farmer brown and all the other farmers is important to our country because we need more peanuts for oil, more long staple cotton, more food. so it's up to everyone to make the most of every acre of land and every bushel seed goes into it. saturday afternoon we've this is the day farmers go to town to

sell to make mother and father market like to visit with friends. but even so, it's rather early. this must something special today. and.

aren't they going to stop where they're going? down to town. what's this all about? what festival so excited. where? no wonder they didn't stop in town. no. one of those young kids excited. it's a visit to big brother who's a cadet with a 1992 squadron. this is something. all right. well, maybe they'll even be a chance to watch him fly. some of.

them.

i'm a brown way from mighty powers. listen. and so we. but we're also part of the problem. brown power. because he's doing his job.

an important raising more lives saving his land and growing more of the things we need and proud of him just for being an american that we can count on at a time. every american has an important job. do.

all right. well, then what i want to do today is i'm going to give us our third lecture in our unit about labor and american foodways. and if we've talked about the beef industry on monday and looked at the jun