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Arisco Farms at Cheshire Memorial Day Parade 2007

• Table Of Contents: Disc One: (1) Farmer Miller Goes Into High Gear (1920s) – 20 Minutes
• (2) Farmer Henry Browne (1942) – 11 Minutes (3) Agricultural Aviation (1955) – 10 Minutes (4) Agriculture USA (1950s) – 27 Minutes
• Disc Two: (1) Seed for Tomorrow (1947) – 20 Minutes (2) Singing Wires (1951) – 22 Minutes
• (3) Amateur film: Texas Farm Family (1950s) – 11 Minutes (4) Farm Petroleum Safety (1950s) – 24 Minutes
• (5) Three Little Kittens (1938) – 10 Minutes

Product Description
This compilation features films about the history of farming and agriculture in America. Topics includes farming technology changes such as rubber tires in the 20s to new pesticides developed in the 50s, farm labor unions, WWII war effort farming, farm animals, and farm safety. Table Of Contents: Disc One: (1) Farmer Miller Goes Into High Gear (1920s) – Produced by Goodyear, this promotional film explores the rubber tire revolution for farmers when rubber tire were just emerging onto the market. This film is silent – 20 Minutes (2) Farmer Henry Browne (1942) – This is a nice portrait of an African-American farmer in Georgia during WWII – 11 Minutes (3) Agricultural Aviation (1955) – Historical footage of crop dusting and pesticide application, including up close footage of the various pests like boll weevils that damage farmer’s plants – 10 Minutes (4) Agriculture USA (1950s) – Sponsored by the USDA, this film explores the growing agriculture market in the US begining with the modern history of agriculture in America and then explores the technology and pesticides that have led to higher yields and productivity – 27 Minutes Disc Two: (1) Seed for Tomorrow (1947) – Discusses the need for unions for agricultural workers to help maintain price and wage control – 20 Minutes (2) Singing Wires (1951) – A rural American farm gets hooked up to the power grid and by golly it changes their lives for the better. Can you see the light? – 22 Minutes (3) Amateur film: Texas Farm Family (1950s) – This silent amateur film includes basic farm footage from a Texas farming family – 11 Minutes (4) Farm Petroleum Safety (1950s) – This is a wonderful farm safety film full of vivid pictures and stories of the misuses of petroleum and the proper and safe ways to use petroleum on the farm – 24 Minutes (5) Three Little Kittens (1938) – Great short film about farm life for a cat as she has a litter of three kittens – 10 Minutes

Classic Farming & Agriculture Films Two DVD Set: 1920s – 1950s US Farm Land & Ranches, Livestock Ranching, Dairy Farmers, & Farming Machinery, Equipment, Tractors And Technology History Pictures Films on 2 DVD’s