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whole: the main image occupies the upper half, with a smaller image positioned across the bottom edge. The title and text
are separate and positioned in the lower half, in brown. All set against a white background.
image: a farmyard scene: a woman feeds chickens, a man walks with a scythe over his shoulder, cattle feed at a trough, and a horse-drawn
cart piled high with produce. The smaller image is of a plough, set in a rural landscape.
text: L'EFFORT PAYSAN
V. Prouvé 1918
Le Paysan sait que sans lui nos soldats mourraient de faim: la culture des céréales, la culture maraîchère, la culture de la vigne,
indispensables en temps de paix, assurent la résistance et contribuent à la victoire en temps de guerre.
L'élevage des chevaux, des bestiaux, des animaux de basse-cour n'est pas moins utile. Si nous faisions venir de l'étranger toute notre
alimentation nous nous appauvririons et nous entraverions le transport des troupes alliées. Aussi le paysan travaille-t-il de toutes ses
forces, s'ingénie-t-il à intensifier la production en choisissant celle qui convient le mieux au sol en employant rationnellement les
engrais chimiques ou naturels, en renouvelant les procedés de culture, en adoptant les instruments et les outils les plus avantageux, en
fondant des associations et des syndicats agricoles.
Le paysan, lui aussi, travaille à gagner la guerre.
Imp. BERGER-LEVRAULT Paris-Nancy.
[The Farming Effort. The peasant knows that without him our soldiers would die of hunger: cereal crops, market-gardening, viticulture,
essential in peacetime, ensure resistance and contribute to victory in wartime. Animal husbandry, of horses, cattle and farmyard animals,
is no less useful. If we imported all our food from abroad, we would impoverish ourselves and we would impede the transport of Allied
troops. So the peasant is working with all his strength, thinking up ways of intensifying production by choosing crops that suit the soil
best, using chemical or natural fertilisers rationally, keeping up to date with cultivation procedures, adopting the best instruments and
tools, and founding agricultural associations and unions. The peasant too is working to win the war. Berger-Levrault, Printers, Paris-
Nancy.]
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