Potato Cultivations

1946 , United Kingdom (Other)

Cat no. 1382

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Food production during post war rationing.

The film shows the correct method of cultivating potatoes, beginning with preliminary cultivation. Correct and incorrect types of ridge are shown along with the correct plough setting for depth, pitch and the spread of the mouldboards. The tractor drawn plough is shown in slow motion. The correct adjustments are shown, being made by a land girl who is driving the tractor. Part two demonstrates how to turn a standard and a general purpose tractor on headland. A Fordson Standard tractor with trailed ridge plough and a Ferguson mounted ridge plough demonstrate the correct and incorrect way of ridging potatoes. A diagram shows the field layout. The correct shape of the mound and the position of it over the potato is shown. The right and wrong ways of joining a mound are shown. Various types of toolbars are shown.

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Preliminary Cultivation. Setting up ridges. Types of ridge. Sharp-pointed - incorrect. Flat-topped - Correct. Factors determining shape of ridge. Depth. Pitch. Shape of mouldboards. Depth. Pitch. Not enough. Too much. Correct. Adjustment. Spread of mouldboards. Setting markers. Correct. Adjustment. Without markers. The End. Part 1. Turning on headland. Standard tractor. General purpose tractor. Layout of field. Splitting back ridges. Depth. Incorrect. Correct. Effect of shape of ridge. Flat topped. Effect of join. Too narrow. Position of tool bar. Rear. Potato Cultivations. Underslung. Front. Special splitting method. The End.

Director : Andrew Buchanan
Producer : Andrew Buchanan
Production company : Films of Great Britain
Producer : Edgar Anstey (Associate)
Other : Charles Francis (Photography)
Producer : National Institute of Agricultural Engineering
Maker : Films of Great Britain
Camera : Charles Francis
Sponsor : National Institute of Agricultural Engineering

National Institute of Agricultural Engineering

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Potato Cultivations

Genre: Wartime
Locations: United Kingdom (Other)
Description Type: monographic
Subject: tractors / ridging / potatoes / farming / ploughing

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