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CLASSIFIED SUBJECT LIST 631.4 RAINDROPS AND SOIL EROSION. UW-Govt 1947 21min sd color $123.94 631.4 * sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service from whose regional offices it may be borrowed A series of experiments show how raindrops scatter the precious topsoil and cause erosion. Conservation measures are necessary to combat the harmful effects of rainfall and turn it into a blessing. Mulching cover crops, strip -cropping, terracing and contouring are seen to be the agents that successfully prevent soil erosion RAPE OF THE EARTH. BIS 1950 20min sd b&w (This modern age ser) $47.50, rent $2.50 631.4 sh-c-ad Produced by the J. Arthur Rank Orgn. The world problem of soil erosion. Wind and flood have done great damage, but man has drained the earth of its strengrth for centuries. Remedial work was begun before the war, but millions of acres have been lost, some for all time THE RIVER UW-Govt 1939 32min sd b&w $38.72 631.4 * ad A U.S. Dept. of Agriculture film. Written, directed, and produced by Pare Lorentz. Music by Virgil Thomson. In nine sequences the film traces life in the Valley of the Mississippi River during the last 150 years — the early days of cotton culture; the lumbering operations in the North, and agriculture in the valley. The consequence of sharecropping, soil exhaustion, unchecked erosion and fioods are shown. Emhasizes that ". . . we have taken the valley apart and we can put it together again." Concludes with scenes of regional planning, TVA development, and correlated Federal efforts RIVER SYSTEMS AND MAN. Sterling 1950 15min sd b&w $35 631.4 sh-c-ad Produced by Culhane Productions "The history of soil erosion, plus the tracing of some of the water systems in the United States" Sterling SAVE THAT SOIL. AmPotashlnst 1943 28min sd color free-loan 631.4 jh-sh-c-ad The early South, the results of the onecrop system, and the reclamation and conservation of Southern soils through the use of legumes and modern methods of soil management SAVE THE SOIL. UW-Govt 1932 (rev. 1940) llmin sd b&w $14.97 631.4 sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Shows various ways of conserving soil fertility, including terracing and cover-cropping to prevent erosion; crop rotation; the use of legumes to build up the nitrogen and humus content of the soil; control of waste caused by fire; use of manures; and commercial fertilizers when necessary SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION. EBF 1948 lOmin sd color (The living earth ser) $100, rent $4 631.4 * el-jh-sh-c-ad Guide Visualizes what happens when any one of the links in the 'chain of life' is broken. Unscientific lumbering processes, devastating forest fires, uncontrolled wind or water erosion, overworked land and roaring fioods are shown as the implements which can destroy our world unless man acts in time Evaluation in Ed. Screen, Nov. 1948, p455 SOIL AND LIFE. Case 1942 lOmin sd color $50, free-loan 631.4 sh-c-ad Guide Shows soil conservation practices, including barnyard manuring, green manuring, the practice of strip cropping to prevent erosion, the building of terraces, and the growing of soil building erosion checking crops SOIL AND THE SOUTH. USSteel 1948 20min sd color free-loan 631.4 sh-c-ad . Available only in the southeastern states from the Birmingham, Alabama office of US Steel. Produced by Loucks and Norling Studios Pictures one farmer's program to rebuild his soil, diversify his crops, and increase his income SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION. UWGovt 1948 lOmin sd b&w (Soil conservation ser) $13.18 631.4 Jh-sh-ad Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Shows briefiy how conservation farming methods may prevent further destruction of the nation's soil and water resources. It emphasizes proper land use as the basis for conservation farming. It shows how several of the best common conservation practices are applied to the land, such as contouring, terracing, stripcropping, cover cropping rotation, tree and grass planting, and so forth SOIL FOR TOMORROW. CanNEB 1945 (rev. 1948 20min sd color $150, rent $6 631.4 jh-sh-c-ad The problem of soil erosion in the prairie provinces of Canada. Shows the factors which caused the problem, and the program set up to correct the conditions STRIPS AND CURVES. Case 1947 22min sd color $108, free-loan 631.4 sh-c-ad Shows how wind and water erosion are controlled in. the Great plains region TERRACING IN THE NORTHEAST. UWGovt 1939 llmin sd b&w $14.97 631.4 sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service from whose regional offices it may be borrowed Soil erosion in New England is frequently taken care of by terracing. We learn how terracing is done, its advantages and see land so cultivated Terracing is used successfully for growing potatoes, tobacco, truck farming and for fruit culture. Cover crops are planted and when turned under add fertility to the soil. It is necessary to inspect the terraces regularly and to keep the channels of the outlets clear TOPSOIL. UW-Govt 1948 lOmin sd b&w $14.09 631.4 el-jh-sh-ad Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture The story of one of America's richest treasures — the thin layer of topsoil on which we depend for most of our food, clothes and other necessities of life. Shows why and how both city and rural people are dependent upon the topsoil of productive farmlands. Explains how topsoil was made by nature thru the centuries and how it may be destroyed in a few years by improper farming methods. Distinguishes between productive topsoil and the less fertile subsoil, and ends on the theme that topsoil can be conserved while still being used for maximum production UNDER WESTERN SKIES. IntHarvester 1946 28min sd color free-loan 631.4 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Pat Dowling* Shows modern dry and irrigation farming practices and soil conservation methods in the western states 493