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SECTION l-DOCUMENTARY, 8mm. FILMS
(e) AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY
81707 Market Place 1 Reel
In this tilm \vc iollow li\-estock from the cattle market of Norwich to Smithfield, and learn what happens before we can buy a joint at the butcher's. 83109 Irrigation 1 Reel
Shows the effect of irrigation on arid lands; the Roosevelt Project, the Imperial Valley Project and irrigation in the region of San Diego are used for illustration.
83114 Cotton Growing 1 Reel
Shows various steps in preparing the groundstages in the growth of cotton plants, methods of fighting the boll weevil — harvesting, ginning, bagging, and transporting cotton.
83115 Planting and Care of Trees 1 Reel
Trees are protected from insects by spraying. Outhnes the life cycles of the apple-tree tent caterpillar, the codling moth, and the whitemarked codling moth ; shows the ravages of insects and the proper planting and care of trees.
83116 Corn 1 Reel
Gives methods of planting, cultivating and harvesting corn ; deals with the corn borer and wa^^s of fighting it ; shows husking and shelling and manufacture of corn flakes and com starch.
83119 Cattle 1 Reel
Portrays life on a cattle ranch ; separating calves and cows, dipping cattle, driving a herd to the loading station, a stampede and a rodeo.
83120 New England Fisheries. Part 1— Cod 1 Reel
Outlines the equipping and loading of a schooner for a trip to the Grand Banks ; setting trawls and catching fish ; unloading ; preparing cod for market.
83123 Wheat 1 Reel Traces the evolution of the wheat industry
from old methods of farming to big-scale farming with tractor-drawn machines, harvesting "combines" and storage in huge grain elevators.
83124 Reafforestation 1 Reel
Depicts wasteful cutting of trees — contrasts an eroded slope with recently replanted areas :
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