NEW WAYS OF FARMING Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Reel 1 shows horse-drawn plowing, hat pitching, and hand churning; scientists at work in the Dept. of Agriculture, D.C. The loading of grain for overseas shipment during World War I; modern plows and harvesters working in the Middle West; post World War I floods and drought; abandoned farms and migrant workers; and contour plowing, grape and blueberry crops, and the use of dehydrating fodder on Calloway Blue Springs Farm in the South. Reel 2, wheat combines operate on the Tulare Lake Farm in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Vegetables are harvested and processed on Seabrook Farm. Shows workers' living quarters, mechanical pea harvesters, aerial spraying, a cannery in operation, and frozen and dehydrated vegetables. Describes the operation of a family-sized farm and electrical benefits made available by the Rural Electrification Administration.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Educational Films