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Eight Character Manifesto for agriculture is good (农业“八字宪法”好)

Agricultural policy is illustrated in eight scenes. Price: 11 fen

In Collection:
Creator Subject Publisher Language Keyword Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 poster ; 77 x 53 cm
Alternative title
  • 农业“八字宪法”好
  • Nongye "Bazi xianfa" hao
  • "Eight Character Manifesto" for agriculture is good
Edition
  • First printing of 400,000.
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 35, 105
Collection
  • Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
Provenance
  • From the collection of Richard King.
Provider Genre Date digitized
  • March 1, 2011
Transcript
  • [Top left:] Earth; [slogan:] In agriculture, learn from Dazhai;[Top centre:] Fertilizing; [slogan]: Self-reliance and hard work; [Top right:] Water; [slogan:] Water conservancy is the lifebood of agriculture; [Centre left:] Seeds; [slogan on building:] Choose Fine Seeds; [sign in field:] Seed-plot;[ Centre -- not one of the "eight characters": character on baskets:] abundance; [Centre right:] Denseness; [slogan on blackboard:] Plant densely properly; [Lower left:] Protecting; [slogan:] People's communes are good; [Lower centre:] Managing; [sign:] Experimental plot [Lower right:] Industrializing; [slogan at rear:] Prepare for war, prepare for famine, serve the people; [slogan at front:] The way ahead for agriculture is mechanization.
Technical note
  • Scanned and edited by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and KM. Migration metadata by KD.
Rights
  • These images are provided for teaching and research use only.
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