Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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292 MOTION PICTURES FOR INSTRUCTION Construction of a Concrete Silo — U. 8. Ag. Showing the various steps in the building of a concrete silo,, outlining the practicability of building a concrete silo with the labor available on the farm. Co-operative Marketing — Tobacco — 2 reels — V. S. Ag. Photographed in North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky, outlining the methods followed by co-operative marketing associations. Cotton Ginning and Marketing — U. 8. Ag. Delivering the seed cotton at the gin — the processes of ginning — preparation for the mill — baling — grades and types of cotton and bales. Cotton — Dixie's Greatest Crop — U. S. Ag. The new era in cotton production — pre-planting preparations — planting— cultivation — picking and delivering at the gin — problems of the modern cotton grower, including the boll-weevil. Cotton's Worst Enemy, the Pink BollAYorm — U. 8L Ag. 10,000 infested areas in Texas are cleaned, under the direction of the Federal Horticultural Board — sweeping of fields and burning of plants — the fumigation of imported cotton — the difference between the pink bollworm and the boll-weevil. Dangerous Invaders — Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths — 77. S. Ag. This reel tells how the gypsy ond brown-tail Moths gained a foothold in New England — the damage they do to trees — methods to control them as used in the fight by the Federal and state authorities. Dynamite — Concentrated Power — 77. S. Ag. Farm uses of dynamite in blowing out stumps, breaking and removing boulders, and blasting ditches. The proper methods for its use and precautions to be taken against accidents. Farm Inconveniences — International Harvester Co., 606 8. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III Pictures in an interesting way the result of carelessness on the farm. Fighting Western Pine Beetles — V. S. Ag. The devastation of great forests by these insects as compared with loss