Science And The Farmer (1950-1959)

A British Instructional Film. Film about agricultural scientist and farmer working together to find scientifically balanced diet for the best yields. Feeding livestock - cows stand in fields outside a farm. Camera pans across chicken pens. Eggs are sent to a laboratory for analysis. Women weigh and analyse eggs. Man in white coats sucks liquid into a tube for analysis. Electric wire controls grazing of dairy cattle. Fodder crops - a field of Kale. C/U of the plant. Cows being herded to the milking shed. Inside the cowshed. Milking machines are attached to the cow. Churn is weighed and results are recorded on a sheet in pencil. Cows giving a greater yield of milk are fed more. Cows in pen are fed with concentrated food pellets. C/U of wheat. Field of barley. Maize being picked in “warmer lands“. Minerals and vitamins are mixed with the crops. Two men pour small bags of minerals and vitamins into the main ingredients and mix by hand. Animation of a machine which mixes different ingredie