Farm Air Drive Aims At Record 1944 Crop Output
The U S Department of Agriculture mobilizes an aerial campaign to boost home food production. Target is 380 million acres in 1944, up 18 million from 1938 peacetime level, with wheat set at 68 million acres. Modern photo maps guide planting on key crops like oats soybeans corn cotton and potatoes, while renewed soil and irrigation data identify untiled areas.