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CLASSIFIED SUBJECT LIST 631.3-631.4 YOU BE THE JUDGE. Case 1951 20min sd color $103.65, free-loan 631.3 sh-c-ad Describes points to be considered in the selection of a farm tractor. The story is built around the J.I. Case Model VA, but the points apply to any farm tractor 631.4 Soils. Soil conservation BIRTH OF THE SOIL. EBF 1948 lOmin sd color (The living earth ser) $100, rent $4 631.4 ♦ el-jh-sh-c-ad Guide Shows how nature produces life-giving topsoil from the basic raw materials of rock, air and sunlight by the processes of plant growth and decay and photosynthesis Evaluation in Ed. Screen, Nov. 1948, p455 BY LAND WE LIVE. MichDptConsv 1948 261/^min sd color free-loan 631.4 sh-c-ad Distribution limited to Michigan, except for June, July, August and December Discusses soil conservation in Michigan, treating the problems arising from its moisture and restoration DIRT CHEAP. VirginiaEducDpt 1949 26min sd b&w $68, rent $4; color $140, rent $8 631.4 sh.c-ad A film on soil conservation integrated to specific problems and conditions. The film details the road back to continued soil prosperity thru soil conservation and the place of education in conservation. Emphasis has been placed on the cooperation of government agencies, communities and individuals EROSION. Gateway 1951 lOmin sd b&w (Gateway primary science ser) $45, rent $2 631.4 P Produced by John F. Criswell Shows how the world is changing around us as a result of erosion by water, wind, ice, growing roots, and by man with machines EROSION. UW-Govt 1948 6min sd b&w $7.81 631.4 el-jh-sh-ad Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture The story of man-made soil erosion and what it has done to our productive land. Distinguishes between natural erosion and manmade erosion. Depicts sheet and gully erosion by water and sheet erosion by wind and explains the destructive effects of each. Ends by showing that destructive erosion is not necessary if conservation farming methods are used FOOD AND SOIL. UW-Govt 1945 lOmin sd color $58.88 631.4 sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, from whose regional offices it may be borrowed Attempts to make only three points. These are: 1. All the food we eat with the exception of seafood comes directly or indirectly from the soil 2. This soil, upon which our very existence and way of life depends, is being wasted at an alarming rate and lost forever 3. Conservation farming methods which protect and rebuild the soil must be used where needed if our national appetite is to be satisfied and our standards of health rnaintained FOR YEARS TO COME. UW-Govt 1944 22min sd color $87.92 631.4 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Depicts the work of a farmer and his family during a year in which they changed over from the old, straight-row method to modern conservation farming methods Evaluation in Ed. Screen, Feb. 1945, p78 FORMATION OF SOIL. EBF 1933 IBmin si b&w $24 631.4 el-jh-sh-c Guide Produced by Eastman Classroom Films, Inc. Includes the work of the weather, stream erosion and transportation, glaciers, wind and waves, rain and air, and animals FUNGI SNARE AND DESTROY NEMATODES. UW-Govt 1940 4min sd color $6.02 631.4 sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry Illustrates the complicated process by which organic matter is broken down to enrich the soil GOLDEN SECRET. UW-Govt 1946 5min sd color $38.40 631.4 el-Jh Produced by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, from whose regional offices it may be borrowed Takes conservation to the 'fairy story audience.' Tells how the golden top soil was washed away and what the son of the king's chief huntsman did to stop it and how the king rewarded him with the gift of the best farm in all the realm GRASS ROOTS IN THE SOIL. lowaStCol 1949 20min sd color $135, rent $1 631.4 sh-c-ad Sponsored by the Iowa State Soil Conservation Committee. Produced by the Extension Service, Iowa State College Encourages the farmer to put grass roots back into the soil and explains how they build and protect fertile soil. Soil without roots is an easy victim of erosion. Roots bind it together, leaving space for movement of air and water. The film advocates a mixture of legumes and grasses — the same team that made the prairie rich and loamy — and points out that grass is a good crop for hay or pasture GRASSLAND. UW-Govt 1944 lOmin sd b&w $12.28 631.4 el-jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service from whose regional offices it may be borrowed Discusses the problem of soil conservation on the grazing lands of the arid South west. Sheep and cattle on the range and approved methods of attack on the evils of overgrazing HARVESTS FOR TOMORROW. UW-Govt 1941 27min sd b&w $33.70 631.4 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Discloses the basic need for soil conservation and a sound pasture improvement program in New England. Shows the use of soil building practices in the northeastern states, with emphasis on grass and legrumes Evaluation in Ed. Screen, May 1942, pl94 HUNGER SIGNS. NatFertilizerAssn 1946 15min sd color free-loan 631.4 sh-c-ad Opens with Illustrations of virgrin soil and rapidly reviews the soil history. The raw materials required to produce 100 bushels of corn are illustrated graphically, followed by pictures of plants and animals suffering from malnutrition. The fundamental causes and methods to correct nutritional deficiencies are presented IN COMMON CAUSE. UW-Govt 1945 19min sd b&w $25.69 631.4 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service from whose regional offices it may be borrowed 491