United States. Department of Agriculture

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:21:15 Shows examples and demonstrates methods of research work done by the USDA in the field of food and nutrition, textiles and clothing, housing and household equipment, and family economics. Research performed at Beltsville. School Lunch Program, Nutritional Content, Ag Outlook Conference, nutritional chemistry, seasonal and regional nutrient variation

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:09:45 USDA, Michigan State Agricultural University Extension, Certified seed demonstration, county agents, Crop Improvement Association

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:10:00 A popular picture designed especially for use in public schools containing the important points of two prior releases:

The Japanese Beetle - Life History, Damage, and Spread / and / The Japanese Beetle - Methods of Control.

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:00:10 Forest service PSA 82FS-3D

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B/W - Silent - 16 mm - 00:10:30 Forest Service - Biological Survey cooperating, Seasonal closures protect wildlife in National Forests, Bison, Mule Deer, Antelope, Mountain Goats, Elk, Moose, hunting

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:01:30 Briefly discusses the procedures for creating a new, marketable potato variety 12700-18

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:04:00 Eight 30 seconds PSA's directed to different regions of the Forest Service encouraging planting and gifting of commemorative trees. Environmental benefits of tree planting

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:15:00 This is the story of the blue lupine, a legume or nitrogen-producing cover crop developed to combat the decline in soil fertility in the Southern States, by the Soil Conservation Service. The picture shows clearly how to plant, harvest, clean, store and care for the seed, and the importance of the crop of Southern agriculture is stressed. Mechanical changes required to permit the use of standard combines are shown and discussed. Particularly applicable for...

Scope and Contents Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:09:00 Describes the history and shows the symptoms, lesions, and pathology characteristics of blue tongue, catarrhal fever of sheep. Describes the epizootiology, including insect transmission, hosts, communicability, and means of prevention and control. Useful in providing visual information to the veterinarian and student on this hitherto foreign disease, now known to be established in this country. (in collaboration w/ Office of Civil Defense and California Dept....

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Color - Sound - 16 mm - 00:11:00 Reports the incidence of this destructive disease of cattle and depicts with excellent color photography a detailed study of tissue and organs affected by disease. Shows how this disease that threatened the American cattle industry 70 years ago is controlled by vaccination and other measures in Australia, where this picture was made by the CSIRO. A brief statement by the Deputy Administrator, ARS, introduces the film. 3 copies in english and 1 in spanish.