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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
GROWING CORN IN SPITE OF THE BORER Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: [part 1] “Corn Borer. Produced 1927.” “The European corn borer, most dreaded of farm pests, is threatening America’s corn crib.” Poster, ‘The Corn Borer Threatens America’s $2,000,000,000 Corn Corp. Stop Him.’ “Paul Revere modern -- the County Agent.” Man stopping car in farmyard, getting out, shaking hands with farmer. “A dreaded enemy lurks In your cornfield.” View of cornfield. “The European corn borer is a menace to a $2,000,000,000 American industry.” Agent showing poster to farmer. “Farmers In several states are fighting to save their corn crop.” Map, Great Lakes region darkened. “Here is the borer’s hiding place during the winter and early spring.” Men walking in cornfield. “Nine months in a corn stalk and he is ready to renew his campaign of destruction.” Man cutting open corn stalk. “Corn borer.” Two men in cut cornfield examining corn stalk - close-up of corn borer. “From quarters like this the borer comes out as a moth, to increase a hundredfold.” Close-up of cut open stalk, borers. “He sometimes finds refuge in brushy fence rows.” Rail fence, young trees and bushes. “He is hiding, too, in the corn refuse lying around your barn yard and feed lots.” Two men walking through corn cobs and stalks in barn yard - man breaking open corn stalk, showing borers. “In this stage the borer is quite defenseless -- now is the time to kill him.” “Destroy those stalks.” Farmer lighting fire in pile of corn stalks. “The spring clean-up catches the borer in the stalks where he can be destroyed.” “Cut ’em off.” Horse-drawn mower cutting corn stalks. “Rake ’em up.” Horse-drawn rake. “And burn ’em.” Farmer setting fire to row of corn stalks. “The farmer’s chief weapon is the plow.” “Knocking down standing stalks helps to make a clean plowing job possible.” Tractor-drawn float in cornfield - tractor-drawn plow. “Wide single-bottom plows will do clean work even in standing corn.” “Plowing should be deep -- 6 inches or more.” Hand holding rule measuring depth of furrow. “Wires are used as trash guards.” Man attaching wires to tractor-drawn plow, plowing field. “They hold the stalks so that they may be completely covered.” Tractor-drawn plow in operation in field. “Borers plowed under, come up again.” Borers on ground. “They like fields like this.” Horse-drawn plow in cornfield, partially plowed under corn. “Part Two will follow immediately.” [1927]
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