1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1926)

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Fourth Edition AGRICULTURE 13 GROUP 5 (Continued) CROPS Miscellaneous Uncle Sam, World Champion Farmer (1) Miscellaneous scenes of the crop, fruit, and live-stock industries of the United States. This film includes cotton, wheat, corn, potatoes, apples, dates, citrus fruit, poultry, dairy and beef cattle, hogs, horses, mules, and she^p. (144) Romance of Coffee (1) The cultivation, roasting and preparation of coffee from seed to cup. (XXX) Cassina (1) Development by Government of "a new crop for Dixie"; how the cassina (yaupon) plant is grown and may be used in making a beverage. (14 4) Cooperative Marketing — Tobacco (2) Methods followed by cooperative marketing associations among tobacco growers in North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky. (144) ** The How and Why of Spuds (1) Potato industry as practiced with modern farm machinery in Aroostook County, Maine. (144) * Potatoes, Early and Late (1) Varieties, and their characteristics. (144) * Potato Industry in the California Delta Region (1) Record crops raised under particular conditions. (144) * Sweet Potatoes from Seed to Storage (1) Self-explanatory. (14 4) * Sweet Potatoes from Store House to Market (1) The title tells it. (144) Ear Corn Silage (2) Practical and scientific facts relative to this new thing in silage. How a successful farmer makeg use of his experiment station. (69) Four Men and the Soy (2) Cultivation and utilization of soy beans. Four farmers attend "Soy Bean Day" at the State College of Agriculture and see soy beans in all stages. (14 4) Weeds " as Food (%) Pictorial History of the tomato and other "table weeds". (22) Palms (1) The prolific plant that provides food, clothing, shelter and income in the tropics. (I, 23) * Peanuts (1) Story of raising and cultivating. (144) Peanuts (1) Showing cultivation, early and present uses as a food product. Partly in natural colors. Fine scenic views. (XXX, 83) Rice from "Paddy" to Bowl (1) Handling the rice crop, with special reference to methods that tend to minimize damage and waste. Scenes photographed in the lower Mississippi valley. (144) ** The Rice Industry (1) Irrigation, threshing, hulling and polishing. Interesting development of the American rice-growing industry, and a discussion of the food value of rice. (6S) ***The Story of Comet Rice (1) Oriental rice culture and cultivation of the grain in our Southern states. Preparing for market. (XXX) ** The Rubber of Yesterday (1) Wild rubber in the Amazon jungles. Gashing, gathering and smoking the rubber over a fire of nut shells. Cultivated rubber plantations of Brazil. Transportation downstream. (59) The Spice of Life (1) Preparation of tea, coffee, sugar, cocoa, salt and some of the spices. , (XV) The History of Spice (1) Important part played by spices in development of trade routes, and discovery of new continents. Many scenes of foreign lands. (83) Making Twine to Bind Uncle Sam's Harvests (%) Manila and Sesal hemp manufactured into binder twine. Various processes pictured. (22) Handling and Storing Grain (2) Receiving various grains, storing and shipping, at the largest grain elevator in the world. (63) (See also Groups 32, 35, 42, 53, 55-6, 58, 78, 81, 131) GROUP 6 LIVESTOCK Cattle Cattle Ranch (1) Everyday life of the cowboy in his strenuous work of preparing cattle for the market. For sale only. " (58) The Green Barrier (2) Cattle grazing in the Piney Woods areas of the South, emphasizing the evils of firing the woods to "green up" the pasture and stressing importance of carpet grass and lespedesa as forage for the cattle and as fire barriers. (14 4) Sir Loin of T-Bone Ranch (3) Western range-cattle industry, with special reference to methods that make for production of good beef. (144) A Tale of Two Bulls (1) Animated cartoon, showing advantages of following practices of Better Sires movement. (14 4) The Purple Ribbon (2) Life of a Grand Champion Steer, of the International Live Stock Show. (69) (See also Groups 11, 77)