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The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:

1. Apple picking. Mobile and self-propelled fruit-picking platforms.
2. A pig farming operation. Sow with piglets. Scenery; home; children at play.
3. Sign: "Bulkley Valley Beef Cattle Demonstration". Calf. Branding. Shearing a horn. Corral.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: A filmed report on the operation of the federal agriculture research station at Beaverlodge, Alberta, in the Peace River area. The station's history; founded by agriculturist Dr. W.D. Albright. Administers agricultural research for all of northwestern Canada. Location. Sub-stations. Applied soil research; greenhouses; laboratories. Rapeseed and flax. Horticultural research program. Saskatoon berry breeding. Strawberry breeding.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:

1. A filmed report (ca. 4 minutes) from Britain about Aberdeen Angus cattle. The breed's centennial year is being celebrated with several county shows in Scotland. H.R.H. the Queen Mother attends the main show.
2. Two young women tell the story of their registered Aberdeen Angus herd.
3. Use of a cherry-picker crane in fruit picking.
4. Treatment of fruit in a plant.
5. Drawing showing an insect in various development stages. Pears marked.
6. Pruning in a snow-covered orchard.
7. Cleaning planting boxes and preparing soil in a greenhouse.

The series consists of 64 film reels of stories or items (including out-takes from items) dealing with various aspects of agriculture in BC, produced for television broadcast by the Horticultural Branch of the B.C. Dept. of Agriculture, between 1959 and 1973. Topics include: cattle, chinchilla raising, diseases of plants, fruit-growing, fruit tree care, grain growing, insects, irrigation, mushroom growing, poultry raising, ranching, vegetable planting and harvesting, etc. The series was originally broadcast by CHBC-TV Kelowna, and later by several other stations as well.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Tractor pulling irrigation pipes in orchard. Sprinklers at work. Controlling growth of fruit trees for effective watering [?]. Horses, barn, old steam tractor, corral. River, cattle, corral. People gathering at ranch house. A field day; presentation of prizes from Southern Interior Stockmen's Association and B.C. Livestock Producers Co-Op Association. People at indoor meeting.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
A filmed report on the operation of the federal agriculture research station at Beaverlodge, Alberta, in the Peace River area. Research in agrometeorology -- climate in relation to crop production. Sites for recording weather data. Research with forage crops -- alfalfa and clover. Research with grasses and legumes for seed production. The creeping red rescue plant developed at the station. Seed produced for Europe. Pollination by honey bees. Research with forage for pasture and hay production. A monument to agriculturist Dr. W.D. Albright, who established the station privately. It became a Dominion agricultural station in 1940. Ranchland views. Irrigation works (pipeline, canal, pipeline construction) in Vernon Irrigation District no. 2.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"Lumby Dairy, Feb. '71": farm views; water for irrigation and livestock; pump house and sprinklers. Cows. Milking machines. Harvesting; filling bunker and upright silos. Family scenes.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Beehives. Flowering tree branches. Loading hives with bees. Refining honey. Soil testing.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"Mushrooms, Jan. 1967": Preparing compost and growing mushrooms. Soil treatment. Picking. Use in cooking.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Cutting and collecting grass for silage. Filling the silo. Silo construction.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Aerial views of forest from helicopter. Workers prepare bins of seeds [?]. Helicopter releases bin over clearing. Various shots of the process. Dispensing weed-killing herbicide [?] by various methods, including hand-pushed dispenser, sprayer, tractor or truck sprayer, etc. Fruit picking. Fruit being treated [?] and selected, placed in bins, stacked and weighed.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Footage of irrigation works (canals, pipes, sprinkler systems, measuring equipment, etc.) in the Southeast Kelowna Irrigation District.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Tractor driver checking tractor. Using tractor-pulled sprayer. Cattle grazing. Dairy equipment. "Dutch Dairies Ltd." milk truck at Armstrong Cheese building. Milk processing. B.C. Dept. of Agriculture dairy laboratory. Dairy samples from Fraser Valley farmers. Milk and milk product testing procedures and equipment. Cattle at pasture.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Adjusting the branches of fruit trees; apple picking; orchard scenes; pruning young trees to control growth. Irrigation. Old fruit trees supporting fruit-laden branches. Apple bins. Stacking hay bales. Clearing land for orchard on Similkameen River. Growing and stacking hay. Bees. Apple crop. Loading apple-filled bins. Keremeos Grower Co-Operative packing house. ("Modern, 1968.") Asphalting road for dust prevention. Soil erosion.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Sign: "Venture Training Centre / The Sheltered Workshop for Vernon and District"; collecting pollen from blossoming tree.; Federal Dept. of Agriculture Research Branch meeting room; Venture Training centre workshop; the art of Japanese flower arranging; spinning sheep wool to make sweaters; a band "The Busy Bees".

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"Vegs - Canim Lake - 1966": Views of Canim Lake. Beet field. Harvesting cabbages. Loading bins. Beet damaged by worm. Selecting and bagging beets. Making bins. Harvesting potatoes. Hay baler. Picking carrots. A dwelling with hanging skins and meat [?]. Children watching television in the house. Beet picking. Building a large root cellar [?]. Views of settlement, farm workers. Cabbage field. Farm workers.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
"Tranquille 1970": A field day at the B.C. Beef Cattle Test Station. A livestock officer outlines the operation of the station. The Hon. Cyril Shelford, Minister of Agriculture, explains the importance of participation in the testing program; better quality beef improves export possibilities. Federal Agricultural representatives demonstrate new test equipment and explain the grading of beef carcasses. At the Kamloops stockyard, Shelford and farmers witness the veterinary examination of pedigree Holstein cattle for export to Korea.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Detecting and controlling pear psylla and cherry fruit fly in gardens and orchards. Manufacture of specially-treated panels at Venture Training Centre, a sheltered workshop in Vernon. Use of panels to traps insects in orchards. In a major Vancouver supermarket, a representative from the federal Dept. of Agriculture's production marketing division examines the marketing situation of Okanagan Valley apples. Display of B.C. Spartan apples. A produce buyer and a housewife are interviewed.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Device used for pruning in orchards. Checking bud formations. Tractor pulling sprayer for weed control. In Vernon, district horticulturalist examines the bud formation on a branch. Apple picking; loading filled bins onto a truck. Cider making. Beehives. Collecting pollen from beehives with a pollen trap; selecting, cleaning, measuring and bagging [pollen?] for human consumption. Adding frames to the hives. The brood frame. Feeder bees, drones, a queen bee. Beekeeper working with hives. Label: "Silver Star Apiaries, Vernon, B.C."

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Codling moth eradication program in Summerland. Producing quality fruit without applying insecticides.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Apples -- peeling and handling machinery, test-baking, canning. Home-preserving pears and green beans. Ripening green tomatoes. Irrigation system with sprinklers. Dammed lake, irrigation works (dam, canal, flumes, etc.) of Black Mountain Irrigation District in Rutland. Apple picking.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Passengers in railroad coach. Cattle show. Tractor demonstration. Baseball game. Agricultural exhibits. Antique farm machinery, including steam tractors, steam ploughs, etc. Western Development Museum, exhibition site.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
The federal Dept. of Agriculture research station at Summerland. Views of the site. Tree surgery. Immersing fruit bins. Peaches treated in laboratory. Cherry trees. Apple trees. Recording weather data. Tending trees. Laboratory, orchard, and greenhouse scenes.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Fruit processing section of the Summerland research station; "hydro freezing" process. Apple processing at plant in Summerland. Canning line. Tree surgery. Fairview Orchards, Cawston, B.C. Young trees and orchard views.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Spallumcheen Valley, B.C. An automated pig-raising operation -- 750 pigs, managed by one man. Details of operation. Soil analysis.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Ranchland views; old irrigation project at Deadman Creek, Lillooet District; new irrigation system, pumping water from the Thompson River; irrigation pipes and sprinklers; totally mechanized commercial hay ranch operation; machinery: baler, bale collector, boom loader; ranch house and scenery.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Agricultural conference, co-sponsored by the B.C. Beef Cattle Growers Association, speakers discuss marketing; cattle at ranch; milking and dairy operation; cattle at pasture; cutting grass; views of CI Ranch Ltd., Alexis Creek; hay turner, baler, bale collector, hay shredder; cattle at the ranch; small airplane takes off from ranch airstrip.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Rodeo scenes; large poultry farm (at Westbank); selecting and packing eggs; men inspecting fields, farm buildings, installations, old steam-tractor, cattle in pasture; lumber mill at lake; town of Fraser Lake; Endako Mines Ltd. display, a working model, ore samples, etc.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Mushroom growing in the Fraser Valley. Mushroom house, harvesting by hand and packing for the fresh market; quick freezing process, canning, transporting fresh mushrooms to market via Air Canada; cooking at home.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Grain or seed dispensers at work; "A film narration on chinchilla raising" feature on various aspects of chinchilla raising and breeding; trophies won by champion show animals, including Canadian National Show, N.C.B.C., London, Ontario, March 1967.