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Weatherproofing Baca County, 1963

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Scope and Contents

B/W - Sound - 16 mm - 00:05:45 This short documentary motion picture depicts man's never-ending fight against drouth, dust and disaster in the Great Plains. The film show how farmers and ranchers in Baca County, Colo., through low-level, weed-killing flights by airplanes and stubble-mulching operations on the ground, are protecting the land against the erosive force of the wind and are conserving each drop of moisture where it falls.

Dates

  • Creation: 1963

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository

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