U.S. Government film documents cotton farming practices in southern states Texas, Mississippi, Alabama in the United States. Protection of developing cotton fruit from its arch-enemy boll weevil. A boll weevil eating up a cotton fruit. Farmers sprays a protective Calcium Arsenide pesticide in the cotton farms in night hours. Farmer on his mule cart, rides across the farm.
Cotton farming in the southern states Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama in the United States. A cotton farm with matured cotton plants ready for harvest by picking. African American workers pick cotton bolls in field. A cloth bag tied with waist of farmer to store the pick into it. A day's pick emptied on a cloth. Farmer women weighing their daily pick, which averages around 100-200 pounds a day. A shed where the picked cotton is kept dry. A cotton picking farmer family sits near their cotton picks and waits for the loading wagon to arrive. Wagons bring cotton to gin operation. Wagons with cotton in Alabama pull up under cover of barn marked "W.A. Wyatt Jr and Co. Ginners Seed..." On the barn side a sign reads, "No smoking allowed. Cotton left on yard at owner's risk."
Cotton farming operations in southern states like Texas, Mississippi, Alabama in the United States. U.S. Government agriculture experiment stations near cotton farms which solve problems of planters. Two-Third proportion of total cotton produced in the world comes from United States. Pictorials show the proportion. Map of United States shows areas rich in cotton production. U.S. Department of Agriculture furnishes free information to farmers.
Landscapes in Glacier National Park in Montana.. A man at edge of a crevasse hauls up a rope. Views of glaciers and mountains. A man slides down a glacier.
Wildlife in Rocky Mountain regions of Colorado, United States. Black bear moves on a field, with some trees in woods seen in background. Eagle in a nest on the highest cliff. Porcupine on a tree and walking on railroad track. Beavers in water streams. Mountains in the background.
The Ford family at the purchase ceremony in New York, United States, when Ford Motor Company bought the struggling Lincoln Motor Company. Henry Ford, Henry M. Leland of the Lincoln motor company and his son Wilfred C. Leland converse. Spectators in the background. Mrs. Clara Jane Bryant, Mrs. Leland and Edsel Bryant Ford stand. The group gets into an automobile. The police holds back a crowd of spectators. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic.