From a documentary film about the lack of electricity in rural areas of the United States. Man milking a cow. Herding cattle. Views of rolling hill pasture land. Boy exiting outhouse. Barrels of milk being loaded on truck for sale, but due to lack of refrigeration, farmers face rejections of some milk in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Man collects milk in bucket, fills the calibrated barrels and tries to keep them cool. Men load barrels on to a truck. At a dairy, men off load milk barrels and separate the rejected milk barrels. A paper with number of rejected barrels shown to the man. Pigs drink rejected milk.
Lack of electricity creates difficulties for farmers in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Man cuts log into pieces by hand and splits wood. Two men bring out a horse driven wagon into a field.
Due to lack of electricity in a rural setting, people work by hand in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Woman heats water over fire in a huge container. A girl adds wood to fire. Woman washes clothes by hands while the girl cleans and fills kerosene in the lamp. (World War II period).
Farmers face difficulties in farming on sunny days in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Man on a horse driven wagon works with hay. Man drinks water to quench his thirst. Man walks around the farm in search of a shade. A boy comes running towards the man in field. Man waves his hat in order to get some air. Boy passes by the field.
Farmers after farming in the heat of the sun, come back with loads of hay in St. Clairsville, Ohio. A man standing on a huge load of hay loaded over the horse driven wagon. Other man struggles with horses to bring wagon back on to the pathway. Men on horse driven wagon move towards their houses. A woman hangs clothes out on a line to dry. Wagon enters the shade of the barn.
Farmer and his family members work in the dim light of lamps after sunset in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Woman iron clothes by warming irons on fire. She lit the lamps and starts to cook. Other family members sit around the table for dinner. They eat their meal in the dim light of lamp. Studying, stitching and sharpening farming tools are also done in lamp's light. (World War II period).
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