COOPERATIVE MARKETING--EGGS AND POULTRY Reel 3 · Part 2

Description

Reel 1 shows methods employed by the Pacific Egg Producers Cooperative in California. Families enjoy eggs and poultry at their meals. A map shows the location of cooperatives throughout the U.S. Scientists at experiment stations study poultry problems and diseases. Shows special brooding farms which produce eggs for hatching. Describes the hatching of chicks in an incubator and the distribution of day-old chickens. The finest pullets are selected for laying purposes; the others are sold for food. Shows examples of good laying houses. Describes feed mills operated by the cooperatives. Workers in cooperative packing plants prepare eggs for shipment. Reel 2, produce is delivered to market by truck, railroad, and steamship. Describes what happens to eggs and chickens when they enter a packing plant. Shows different ways of packing eggs. Reel 3 shows how chickens are prepared for the market. The retail selling of chickens through grocery stores and cooperative egg markets is described. Chickens and eggs are sold at the East Side Market in New York City. A map of the world shows the different countries to which cooperative eggs and poultry are shipped. Includes views of the Panama Canal and a Government restaurant in the Canal Zone.

Collection

Records of the Extension Service

Series

Motion Picture Films