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Agriculture today : items and out-takes Vegetable farming--British Columbia
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Agriculture today : reel 32, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: Farmland. Man collecting and packing asparagus. Sign: "Sher Singh, Prop. Kamloops". Cases of asparagus. Street scenes; supermarket interior; produce. Farmland. Carrot-picking machine. Washing, selecting and packing the carrots. Sign on bag: "F.W. Hack & Sons Ltd., Oliver, B.C." Truck marked "Vance Bros. Ltd., Wholesale Fruit, Trail, B.C." Loading truck. Picking vegetables.

Agriculture today : reel 31, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
A1. "Heffley Creek, Apr. 68" [marked on head leader]: Sign: "Haughton Ranches Ltd." Ranch views. Crass-cutter. Cattle in corral. Snow-covered land. Dispersing hay in pasture for feed.
A2. "Dairy month, June 69" [marked on leader]: Cows move from pasture to holding area to mechanized milking area. 50 cows an hour. Bulk milk truck ("Okanagan Dairy Transport Ltd.") en route to dairy plant. Milk processing. Various sized cartons. Milk storage. Shipping to retailers. Customers selecting dairy products in supermarket. (00:19:21)
B. "Vegs Nov. 69" [marked on head leader]: A vegetable farm owner [?] describes the harvesting and packing of the asparagus crop. Portuguese farm workers and young people. Growing and harvesting cabbage. Potato harvesting machine. In partial partnership with man from Oliver. Sign: "Covert Farms". Grading and packing potatoes. Home scenes. (00:08:51)

Agriculture today : reel 24, part 1

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

  1. A turkey farm. Feeding and shipping turkeys.
  2. Greenhouse interior. Picking tomatoes -- workers and machine. Planting in greenhouse. Tomato picking, selecting, boxing, shipping, weighing, storing. Tractor with sowing trailer.
  3. Potato picking machine, workers. Building a silo [?]. Potatoes in storage.

Agriculture today : reel 19, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Gardening procedures: pruning, planting. Colour views of flower garden, roses. Planting a shrub. A settlement. Young farm workers. Picking fruit. Picking beets. Harvesting potatoes. Building a root cellar [?]. Selecting beets. Children watching television. Picking fruit. Workers. Workers' camp.

Agriculture today : reel 16, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Showing and working with cattle. Treating tomato blossoms in laboratory. Mixing soil in test greenhouse. Farm workers picking, sorting and boxing tomatoes.

Agriculture today : reel 15, part 2

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.

Agriculture today : reel 2, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Planting seed potatoes with a machine; potato harvesting with a combine; dispensing fertilizer; harvesting corn; sorting and packing onions by hand; picking and boxing tomatoes; hoeing; irrigation system at work; selecting and bagging potatoes; machine harvesting beets.