United States. Department of Agriculture

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:26:00 The Warble Fly affects milk production, the price of cowhides, cattle health, control measures

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:27:00 Here is a warm, human account of how electric power has transformed life in farm communities throughout America, In a series of visits to rural communities, viewers meet a co-op consumer in the South who recalls those days of drudgery before electricity, a mid-Westerner who operates an electrified milk production factory, and a Western co-op manager who serves a territory so vast he must fly a plan to call on consumers. In this film, agriculture's new era of...

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:15:15 A dramatic presentation of a successful all-out campaign to eradicate the Mediterranean fruitfly, the world's worst pest of citrus. The medfly found in Florida in 1956 was eradicated in 19 months by a bait spray, applied by aircraft and ground equipment. More than 7 million acres were treated in 28 counties in Florida at a cost to the Federal and State governments of about $10 million. Florida industry estimated it would have cost $20 million a year to live...

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:21:15 Tells farmers how to keep out of trouble in their use of pesticides, by "following the label," and so avoid seizure of crops due to residues of insecticides, fungicides, and other chemicals used on farms for pest-control. The film's message is of indirect interest to consumers.

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:13:30 Shows how to pick out the "safest place" around the farm for atomic survival and to lessen the danger from radioactive fallout. Depicts what a rural family can do and how to complete the family-survival plan.

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:30 Water conservation in crop production, lateral traveling trickle irrigation system, weather data, laser guidance, plant stress, plant yields

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:27:00 This tells the story of brucellosis, a disease which takes from the farmer, the stockman huge revenues in lost meat and milk. Brucellosis each year infects of 1,000,000 dairy cows causing abortion and sterility. A similar number of beef cattle, swine, and goats are infected. Brucellosis attacks humans in acute and chronic forms. They are susceptible through contact with infected animals or the meat of such animals, or through drinking the raw milk of an...

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:19:00 A training film designed to assist volunteer fire departments suppress woods fires. Shows techniques of using hand tools and backpack pumps. Includes the important work of mopping up, cleaning and storing tools, reporting, and prevention follow-up. It points up the State Forest Fires Services. Filmed in the North Central region with cooperation of nine states.

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:10:00 A dramatic documentary of the great Maine forest fire of 1947 which destroyed much of that State's beautiful and valuable forests. There are breath-taking scenes of the raging fires that claimed human lives, destroyed farms and villages, and caused property damage of well of $30 million. The need for forest-fire prevention and adequate fire-control measures everywhere is grimly portrayed. (Quiz available). AWARDS: National Committee on Films for Safety, 1948;...

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:32:30 An old lumberjack carries you back to the "Hell Roaring Nineties" when he was a young fellow just starting out in the lumbering industry. He takes you through the cutting of virgin forests in New England, the Lake States, and the South, finally winding up in the Northwest with "his back against the Pacific." Through his narrative you see the effect of forest cutting practices on labor, and the need for a nation-wide program to stop destruction of the...