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Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec: 16mm.
"The global hunger situation, necessitates better and more economical food production. The film deals with the phases of agriculture and stresses the need for scientific feeding, greater production and mechanized marketing."
Library and Archives Canada: 16mm.
"A film showing the relationship between farming methods and food needs. Early historical sequences are followed by scientific breeding of poultry and beef and dairy cattle for specific demands. The methods of develoment of hybrid corn, clovers and hay is shown. The modernization of agriculture is illustrated with the replacement of horses by tractors in mowing, raking, and baling. The intervention of the farmer is further recognized with soil control in ploughing, irrigation on the prairies, weed control with 2-4D, and insect control. The film follows livestock and dairy products to the butter factory, the cheese factory, the egg factory, and the slaughter house. Crops are shown being harvested with a combine and going to bakeries, fruit and vegetable plants, and soup canneries. The agricultural products are shown in the supermarket and being consumed, by families of various faiths, at mealtime."
"Business in Motion: Films of Current Interest," Canadian Business 25 (March 1952): 66.
"Shows how the scientist, allied with the farmer and the engineer, has helped overcome disease, drought, weed growth, etc., and constantly increase North America's food production. Illustrates how these scientific techniques could be applied in other areas where food shortages constantly recur."
Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec, Films 16mm: édition 1956-57 (Quebec City: Service de ciné-photographie, 1956), 350.
"Nous sommes à une époque de production massive. L'agriculture a dû emboîter le pas à l'industrie. Ainsi, depuis plusieurs années, les méthodes de culture et d'élevage ont-elles été complètement révolutionnées. Entreprises avicoles, bovines se sont agrandies, perfectionnées ; leur rendement s'est décuplé. Le sol, ce facteur essentiel de la production agricole, produit, grâce à une meilleure exploitation, à sa peine capacité. Savants, ingénieurs, cultivateurs combinent leur travail, leurs connaissances pour tirer de la terre tous ses fruits. Ce film explore minutieusement tous les domaines de l'agriculture et il démontre comment les méthodes scientifiques modernes permettent aujourd'hui de produire du pain, suffisamment et pour tous."