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636.8-637 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE THREE LITTLE KITTENS. EBF 1938 llmin sd (Primary science ser) $45, rent $2.50 636.8 p-el Guide Collaborators: Arthur I. Gates, Teachers College. Columbia University, Ernest Horn, State University of Iowa and Celeste C. Peardon Discovered in the barn with their mother by a farmer's wife these kittens provide an opportunity for learning about the characteristics of cats in general When about two weeks old, the kittens are carried by their mother to a new home in an old buggy, where they learn to feed, clean themselves, and to play Later they have a skirmish with a dog and learn to catch mice Finally two are given to local tradesmen and the third stays with his mother on the farm Accompanying filmstrip is listed in the 1948 Annual Filmstrip Guide 636.9 Fur-bearing animals FUR BABIES, WisStConsvDpt 1938 14min si loan 636.9 p-el-Jh Two children and their mother take a trip through the State Experimental Fur Farm at Poynette, Wisconsin The following animals are seen: gray fox, raccoon, fltch, mink, bears, wolf, badger, blue fox, beaver, otter, porcupine, skunk, baby skunks following Mrs Tabby Cat, prairie dogs and fawns FUR TRADE. YoungAmerica 1946 llmin sd $25 636.9 el-jh-sh-ad Produced by the National Film Board of Canada An outline of fur trapping and trading and the commercial use of furs in Canada today. Opening with scenes of canoes bearing Indians to trading posts with their bundles of furs, this film recalls the importance of the fur trade in Canada's early history. The area in which Canada's chief fur-bearing animals are found are indicated on a map. Winter trapping conditions are shown as the camera follows a trapper on snowshoes thru the forest. Modern trading methods by which radio links a network of Arctic posts and amounts paid to trappers in the far north are quickly adjusted to changing prices on the world market are also illustrated. Brief sequences outline the main processes thru which pelts go before being made up into garments. The last part of the film deals with recent developments in an old industry. Fox and mink are shown, and reference is made to scientific breeding which is now producing novel colors of fur. Government Inspectors are seen at work checking the quality of pelts, and government conservation schemes under which depleted areas are re-stocked with beaver are described 637 Dairying. Dairy products BIP GOES TO TOWN. Castle 1941 lOmin sd $13.18 637 el-Jh-sh-ad A USDA film "Bip. a small boy, visits a modern dairy farm which has been electrified. Scenes show the expansion and construction of R.E.A. lines." Collaborator DAIRY FARM. Coronet 1942 15mln sd $67.50; also color $135 637 p-el-Jh-sh. Guide Collaborators: J. E. Hansen, InterAmerican Educational Foundation and Freeman Brown, University of Wisconsin The economic and social importance of the dairy farm in American life is portrayed by a visit to a typical Midwest farm. The farmer engaged in his every-day chores of caring for his cattle, milking, and preparing the milk for market; sequences on such seasonal operations as cultivation, haying, and silo filling; children fishing, playing in the hay and otherwise enjoying a country vacation DAIRY INDUSTRY. Mahnke 1942 llmin sd (Your life work) $50 637 Jh-sh Guide Produced by Vocational Guidance Films Presents the work involved in production, In processing and marketing the products of the dairy farm. The dairy farmer leads a very full life, and one must like to work with animals if he is to make a success in this vocation. Many jobs on the dairy farm are shown, such as herdsman, milking and separator machines, sterilizing and getting milk to the market. A knowledge of animals and cost accounting are important. Such jobs as a feed expert are held by men who have a knowledge of dairying Dairy plant operation, product processing and marketing offer many opportunities for trained men and women, particularly in the larger dairies. Among these are butter makers, cheese makers, laboratory testers, ice cream makers, government laboratory testers, various technicians, and dairy superintendents and managers HOW WE GET OUR MILK. Bray 1939 15min si $24, rent $1.50 637 el-Jh First we see a baby in a basket having a bottle of milk, then children drinking milk. It is shown that milk comes from goats as well as from cows. Cows are milked, milk sent to the nearest receiving station where each can of milk is carefully examined Milk then goes by railroad or big trucks to the city. We are shown the truck method and see a large tank truck cleaned. Pasteurization is indicated, the cooling and bottling of the milk We are given an idea of the cleaning and scrubbing jobs necessary to keep the machinery properly clean. A milkman is seen making his rounds. Children are given milk to drink in school. Then we see some of the questionable methods of obtaining milk as practiced in less careful countries "A complete and up-to-date presentation of the story of milk. Well photographed and edited." Collaborator JOHN MARTIN & SON. NatDairyProd 23min sd apply 637 sh-c-tr-ad Tells story of a farmer who enlists aid of local dairy herd improvement association to improve his herd and increase milk production JUDY LEARNS ABOUT MILK. YoungAmerica 1948 lOmin sd $40 637 p-el Guide Judy visits her Uncle George's farm and learns how the cows are cared for and fed, how they are milked, and how the milk is taken from the farm to the dairy plant to the home MAKING AMERICAN CHEESE IN A MODERN CHEESE FACTORY. Damrow SOmin si loan 637 Jh-sh This is the story of milk from the time it is brought to the factory until it is made into cheese and ready to eat MILK. EBF 1946 llmin sd (Elementary social studies ser) $45, rent $2.50 637 p-el-Jh Collaborator: K. G. Weckel, University of Wisconsin 492