United States. Department of Agriculture
Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:
Land of the Sky, 1958
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:14:30 A show-me trip filmed on the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. General Federation of Women's Clubs see multiple-use management on a national forest in the best utilization of all its resources—timber, water, wildlife, and recreation.
Lateral travelling trickle irrigation; Fuel beets; Fingerprinting of plants
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:06:00 3 Research Report News Film segments depicting: Computer aided trickle irrigation, Producing alcohol from beets that are high in fermentable sugars, Use of electron microscopy to identify unique plants characteristics.
Leucocytozoon in waterfowl, Biological Station footage
Color - Silent - 16 mm - 00:05:00 Shows healthy and infected waterfowl afflicted with the leucocytozoon parasite
Longer Life for Wood, 1954
Sound - 16 mm - 00:17:00 Designed to show the average user the economic advantages of using treated wood in places where decay is likely to occur. Portrays treatment of wood with preservatives in commercial treating plants, as well as home treatments on the farm and in the city.
Los Banos Clinic
16 mm film reel
Maintaining Good Voltage for Rural Distribution Lines, 1953
B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:37:00 This film is a training aid to electric power system operating personnel to assist them in providing better electric service. It illustrates methods that may be used to evaluate voltage conditions on rural distribution systems. Means for voltage improvement are suggested.
Market Cattle Testing for Brucellosis, 1962
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:11:00 A description of the Market Cattle Testing program in the language of the cattleman. Discussion by two cattlemen points out that MCT is the useful method for initially certifying and re-certifying "Modified Certified Brucellosis Areas" and that the program makes on-the-ranch testing unnecessary in 95 percent of the herds of cattle. Photographed on the colorful range lands of eastern Wyoming.
Marketing Research Pays Off, 1959
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:12:30 Agricultural marketing research—research that saves many millions of dollars a year in costs of marketing farm products—is the theme of this picture. Shows USDA scientists at work improving marketing methods, reducing processing and handling costs, expanding markets for farm products, and providing a better living for Americans. Resulting savings are many times the cost of the entire research program.
Marvelous Mermithid: A Nematode of Note
B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:02:00 The Mermithid nematode is tested as a form of biological control against root worm. USDA Vegetable Research Laboratory, Charleston, SC 24000623
Mattress Making
B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:11:00 Cotton processing, Cotton surplus, mattress assembly, County Home Extension Agents