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

1. Soil mixing. Preparing a garden: organic matter, fertilizers, sawdust, wood chips. Earthworms. Lime.
2. Manufacture of step ladders (for fruit picking) at Kal Craft Ladders in Oyama.
3. Ferry crossing a river. Views of a farm: house, garden, weather instruments (for Dept. of Transport); poultry, pigs. Milking cows and sampling milk. Calves. Cleaning all the milk-handling equipment. Sign: "Ayrshires, B.U. Schilling, Darfield, B.C.
4. Sheep. Sheep pavilion at PNE. Selecting sheep in corral; in pasture; grooming sheep at the PNE.

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)

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: Cattle in pasture. A combination grass-cutter and silage maker at work; filling the silo. Cleaning stable. Farm buildings. Cattle in pasture and going to stables. Mechanized milking and dairy operation.

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.