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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 items:
A. An interview with Dr. Greenshields [?], director of the federal Agriculture research station at Saskatoon. (00:05:30)
B. At the Saanichton quarantine station, a researcher explains the Department of Agriculture's plant protection policy, which prevents the spread of plant diseases which may be brought in with imported plants. (00:05:30)
C. Dr. Lawrence Burr of Princeton, B.C., talks about methods of halting the blowing dust from old mine tailings that is polluting the town. The old mining town of Copper Mountain. (00:09:00)

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Tomatoes, apples, peaches; growing tomatoes in a greenhouse at Summerland Hot House Tomatoes. Tree nursery: pruning, weed control, sprinklers, application of "centre leader trees"; adjusting the growing branches for easier fruit picking; the benefits of high density orchards; man and woman singing folk songs.

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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
"Dairy - Gill - June 71": Construction of dairy farm buildings. Treatment of liquefied manure. Views of farm area, cattle, pasture. New feed racks. Automated milking and milk treatment equipment. "Sheep - PNE - Dec. 68": Sheep pavilion at the Pacific National Exhibition. In an interview, a champion sheep breeder from the Armstrong area discusses grooming and economics. Judging of sheep. The winners. Judges explains the criteria. Farm dog herds sheep. Sheep in separate pens and in barn. Preparations for the show.

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.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: Cattle in pasture. Feeding cattle. Inoculating cattle. Laboratory, silo, empty corrals, new building. Panorama of location. Sampling, testing and analysis of hay. Sampling silage. Laboratory procedures Fruit-picking device. Tomato-picking machine. View of pickers. The film cameraman. Based on a label shown in the film, the location may be the experimental farm at Summerland.

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:

1. Cattle ranch; log cabin; snow-covered hilltop. A rancher tends a newly-born calf. Cattle. Two bulls ready for a fight. A dressed-up young cowboy. Cowboys round up and drive cattle.
2. Orchard. Cherry picking. Making preserves in a test kitchen. Drying apricots: sulphuring, preparation, drying box. Preserving pitted cherries with syrup, raspberries with sugar. Boiling berries for freezing.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
C. The Kamloops area is well-suited for raising beef cattle. Bill Hubbard [?] of the federal agricultural research station at Kamloops explains how to increase hay production on a "three-cut" basis; the right variety of forage; soil preparation, fertilizer, watering. Irrigation and sprinkler system. Cutting and stacking. (00:05:50)
D. Showing bulls. An indoor cattle auction. Sign: "Kelowna Ranches". Showing a bull. Auctioneers and bidders. Sign: "Polled Herefords". Bull in outdoor corral. (00:11:17)

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: Apples, bin, forklift; one man fruit-picking crane. Pear orchard. Thinning fruit trees. Young pears. Drawing of an insect. Diseased pears. Fruit-laden trees in orchard, their branches supported and suspended. Picking pears from crane, ladder, and the ground. Forklift loading truck with bins of pears. Sign on truck: "Kelowna Growers, Rutland-Kelowna Exchange". Packing pears at plant. Views of area, home, orchard.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
A commentator describes the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Act (ARDA). The 'Ksan project: a First Nations village recreated near Hazelton. Campground and park for visitors. Longhouses. Splitting shingles, roofing. Malcolm Joseph [?] carving a totem pole; he describes and shows his work. Street scenes in village. Shop. A woman describes the figures modelled for the new museum, cast from actual people. Utensils and artifacts shown will demonstrate the traditional way of life. The many uses of cedar bark. A moose skin jacket. All items crafted by local First Nations people. (00:14:10)

B. An open-pit mine. Sign: "Endako Mines Ltd. NPL". Ferry crossing. Group at water works. Visitor inside log building. Road scenes; sign, "Telkwa River Valley". Inside a dairy plant [?]. Hudson Bay Glacier near Smithers. Moricetown Canyon. Inside 'Ksan museum and shop. 'Ksan village. Highway; farmland; a poultry farm. (00:11:42)

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Test with fruit trees; orchard scenes; controlled tree growth simplifies fruit picking; ripe apples; clipping of branch tips; meadow, cattle and creek, cattle in corral; rounding up cattle in the corral and weighing them; workers' living quarters.

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.

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:
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:
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:
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:
"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:
South Peace Senior Secondary School: classroom and workshop activities. Greenhouse. Harris Flowers. Summerland Yacht Club. Newly completed public building (Vernon, B.C.): flower beds, library-museum-art-gallery, park and flower beds.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Measuring depth and weight of snow for water resource estimates. Use of measuring equipment. Taking stream-flow measurements from a bridge. A wooden flume system; escaping water. Building a new asbestos-cement pipeline. Opening a dam. Testing water from a hand pump. Checking outdoor instruments. Man climbing down a manhole.

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 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: Pruning fruit trees. Orchard views. Controlling branch growth of fruit trees.

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

1. Ewe with two newly-born lambs. Grazing sheep. Shepherd with two dogs. Shearing sheep.
2. Sign: "Polled Herefords. Kelowna Ranches." View of ranch. Gathering of ranchers. Lunch. Bulls prepared for show. Audience and speakers at meeting. Showing a bull.