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26 CLASS 2 — Industries, Forestry, Agriculture
REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER
114-b Mushroom Growing Pathe
An exceedingly instructive reel showing why stone quarries are ideal places for development of the mushrooms. Also, showing the cultivation and a demonstration by actual photograph of three weeks' growth in twenty seconds.
References : How to Grow Mushrooms. — Falconer. Studies of American Fungi. — Atkinson.
123 Manufacture of Bamboo Hats Pathe
An instructive reel showing the natives cutting the bamboo and transporting it down the river. Next, the splitting and shredding and the processes including weaving, washing, drying, blocking and finishing of the hats are vividly pictured. Then the cases are packed and made ready for shipment to New York City.
References : Bamboo ; Its Cultivation and Treatment. — Routledge.
Japanese Bamboo ; Their Introduction Into America. — D. G. Fairchild.
134 The Life of a Miner Pathe
Showing the homes of miners, their descent into the mines, how they work in large and small holes, how they prop the earth up around where they work, and their own little gardens, which are their rest and joy. References : Text Book of Coal Mining. — Hughes.
Consult U. S. Geological Survey Report for 1900-1901, Part 3.
135 How Champagne Is Made at Epernay Pathe
The vineyards, the bottling of the wine and placing on shelves for duration of two years. The impurities collecting on the cork are run off and the bottles recorked and ready for shipment.
Reference : Americana Encyclopedia, Vol. 4.
140 Ice Industry in Sweden Pathe
The ice harvest in Sweden employs many men, and these views show the method of cutting, hauling and storing vast quantities of ice.
144-a School of Lace Makers in Brittany Pathe
An interesting reel on lace making, showing a child working with the numerous bobbins skillfully and swiftly. Also the development of some intricate patterns in this school.
Reference: History of Lace. — Mrs. Bury Palliser.
144H) Work in a Lignite Mine in Bruck Pathe
The cars entering the mine, the boring and blasting and other operations. Reference: Analysis of Coals. — Holmes.
151 Coke Pathe
Every detailed process in the modern method of manufacturing coke, from the preparation of coal dross to the finished product is clearly depicted in this highly instructive reel.