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30' CLASS 2 — Industries, Forestry, Agriculture
REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER
439 The Harvest Pathe
Illustrations of the use of sickle, scythe and Flemish scythe. Reaping and binding by hand and machinery. The improvements in threshing by machine over the use of the old flail. Winnowing by hand and machine. A very interesting reel indicating progress along this line.
References: Farm Machinery and Farm Motors. — Davidson. Wheat.— A. M. Ten Eyck.
452-b Arts and Crafts in the Malay States Pathe
The views are many and varied. A traveling restaurant consisting of a small charcoal stove, a single dish, and the proprietor serving a customer is a unique sight. Natives are shown thatching the roofs of their huts with dry cocoa-leaves. An entertainment in the home of a merchant showing the odd-looking orchestra and a dancing girl constitute an interesting scene.
460 How Building Stone Is Quarried Pathe
A soft stone quarry and hard stone quarry, methods of quarrying by hand, steam and electricity. Methods of raising, splitting, sawing and trimming the blocks of stone. Final loading of the cut stone.
References : Elements of Mining and Quarrying. — C. L. Foster. Building Stones and Clay Products. — Ries.
500 Tobacco Cultivation in Malay Pathe
The planting in the nursery in the spring and the development two months later when the transplanting takes place. The processes of gathering, sorting and drying, where fermentation takes place, giving color and quality to the tobacco leaves. The interesting processes of cigar making complete the reel.
References : Tobacco from the Grower to the Smoker. — A. E. Tanner.
Tobacco Growing, Curing and Manufacture. — C. T. W. Lock.
508 Manila Hemp Industry Pathe
The abaca supplies the textile material for carpets, mats, paper, etc. The processes of gathering fiber, shredding, winding and weaving into various sizes of rope. The machinery used by the natives is particularly interesting in its crudeness yet aptness.
References: Philippine Bureau of Agriculture. — Farmer's Bulletin 12 (Manila 1910). The New International, Vol. 2 (Hemp).
513 From Egg to Cooking Pot Pathe
The wonderful evolution of a chicken from the embryo stage to the baby chick. The chick breaking its shell, and the various stages of growth are clearly shown.
References : Artificial Incubation. — G. Bradshaw.
Incubation and Its Natural Laws. — Cyphers.
530-a Manufacture of Maple Sugar Pathe
The maple tree is tapped in order to gather the sap. The process of concentration by evaporation.
Reference: New International, Vol. 21 (Maple Sugar).