Nature Study, Luther Burbank / Irrigation Part 3

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “Motion pictures preserve for us the history of interesting persons and events.” “Luther Burbank, one of the world’s greatest naturalists and plant culturists, died April 11, 1926. Yet here we may still see him as he went about his interesting tasks.” “Luther Burbank, the ‘plant wizard’, began his career in Massachusetts by the introduction of what is known as the Burbank potato. He sold the first seed for $125.00.” “With this money he went to California in 1875.” “After a long struggle he finally established his ideal experimental station at Santa Rosa.” “Here he carried on more than one hundred thousand experiments in a period extending over fifty years.” View of two story house - Burbank and another man sitting on porch - view of garden - house across plowed field - close-up of greenhouse - Burbank in field - hand holding potato - workers in field digging for potatoes - wheat growing in field beside house - Burbank in wheat field - close-up of wheat Burbank holding plant stalks in hand - close-up of stalk of oats - Burbank and other man threshing oats - hand running through oats in sack - Burbank holding rhubarb stalk large tree beside house - hand breaking open walnut. “Observe the results of plant breeding. The thin shell. The large kernel.” Burbank looking at Cherokee rose tree climbing side of house - close-up of tree - view of burst cotton boll - Burbank looking at artichoke plant - view of sunflower - cactus plant - cactus in bloom - Burbank walking among cactus plants - close-up of spineless cactus - close-up of pears on cactus - Burbank and other man eating cactus pear - Burbank and man near large cactus plants - hand opening bloom - removing stamens - pollen - pollen being placed on pistil of lily sack being placed over lily - close-up of new bud - flower bed - Burbank beside vine-covered wall. [1927] b. “One of the most important conquests of nature by man has been accomplished through irrigation.” “The old expression that ‘The wilderness shall bloom as the rose’ has been fulfilled by irrigation, creating homes for more than a million people.” [1922]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects