United States. Department of Agriculture
Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:
Soil Conservation Public Service TV Spots
16 mm Several TV spots on one reel, for the Soil Conservation Service, USDA P-4755-1
Solar Attic House
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:09 Lessening home heating costs through the use of a specially designed solar attic P-12700-9
Solar Heated Miling Parlor
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:24 Beltsville - A solar hot water system is used in different operational aspects of a dairy farm P-12650-42
Starch Product Cleans Water
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:21 Research results in a starch product which effectively removes heavy metals from the water supply. P-B78-3-13
Stem Rust: Airborne enemy of grain, 1950
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:13:30 This is the story of stem rust, a fungus disease that destroys wheat, oats, barley, and rye, and its control. It show how barberry bushes spread the disease to grain crops, the importance of these crops and dependent industries in the Nation's economy, the nature of the disease and how it damages the grain. Covered in detail is the story of ridding grain areas of barberry bushes which spread the disease.
Subsurface Trickler
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:22 Demonstrates subsurface trickle irrigation. Research Report News Film. 82ARS-32
Suburban Soil Problems
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:03:09 Soil Conservation and improvement methods for the Suburban home owner are discussed P-11788
Sun Power for Farms
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:11:00 Use of solar power in agriculture. Heating greenhouses, heat exchange, solar ponds, heating milking parlors and poultry houses, swine building ventilation, solar drying of peanuts and grains, moisture reduction, heat storage. P-12691
Supermarket Frolic (4 and 1)
Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:00 60-338
Swimming: Part II, Getting Afloat. USDA in collaboration with the Red Cross, 1939
B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:00 Short version of LEARN TO SWIM, condensed for school use. How to move along in the water using primary strokes. The film demonstrates the dog paddle, beginner's crawl, and finning.