Spring On The Farm (1947)

Depicts how the changing seasons affect life on the farm. Shows planting of crops, returning of migrating birds, moths emerging from cocoons, and trees and flowers bursting into bloom. Color 1947 Two children on farm see flora & fauna spawn in springtime. 00:19:11:00 Color 1947 ms / cs Pussy willows / branch of Pussy Willow flowers called Catkins 00:19:22:00 Color 1947 ms Red Winged Blackbird perched on plant in a marsh 00:19:32:00 Color 1947 cs Frog on a rock in the Marsh 00:19:42:00 Color 1947 ms Small plants begin to green near the water as Spring comes in 00:19:49:00 Color 1947 ws / ms Young children (brother & sister) try out their kite in a March wind – it flies 00:20:20:00 Color 1947 ms Their father plows his field using tractor and plow 00:20:42:00 Color 1947 ms / cs Their mother enters the chicken house / picks up egg sitting hen and checks on the hatching eggs / she checks brooder where she keeps many chicks 00:23:25:00 Color 1947 ws / ms Brother and sister check a Robin’s nest in an Apple tree / brother climbs up to check the nestand sees 4 blue eggs / children leave and mother Robin returns to the nest 00:24:34:00 Color 1947 ws / ms Children check the blossoms on the wild plum bushes 00:24:54:00 Color 1947 ms / ws Children walk thru wildflowers on way to the cows / boy stops to pick some flowers for his sister / cows grazing in the pasture will be collected by the children and taken to the barn for milking 00:26:09:00 Color 1947 ms Apple trees in blossom 00:26:21:00 Color 1947 ms Robins eggs have hatched and the fledglings are being fed 00:26:36:00 Color 1947 ms Mother prepares gardem for planting and the daughter puts the seeds in the prepared ground 00:27:06:00 Color 1947 ms / cs Son watches as the father fills corn planter on the back of tractor / starts tractor and begins to seed the field 00:27:46:00 Color 1947 ms / cs Boy wanders around and finds a large Cecropia moth sunning itself after emerging from its cocoon / in a field finds a baby rabbit 00:28:45:00 Color 1947 ms / ws Boy joins his sister to watch sheep in the field