Central Office of Information; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Film shows how farming of the time needed appropriate new and converted buildings due to mechanisation, intensification and specialisation. Farm machinery shown. Bulk storage tanks in sheds and milk churn collection shown. New buildings and old buildings shown. Some converted for modern use. Nineteenth century model farm shown. Intensive pig unit shown, horticultural greenhouses. Thatching. Farmer Chew needs advice of grain storage building and contacts Agricultural Land Service. Farm buildings centre at Stoneleigh shown. Chew visits another farm which has installed modern buildings, grain store and process shown. Cattle housing and milking at another farm, abreast parlour in converted buildings. Another farm with old buildings unsuitable for purpose of pig farming, new farmhouse and buildings built outside village and farm moved. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) stand at an agricultural show. Farm walks and open days for farmers shown. Mr Chew and surveyor examine plans for his grain store and send the plans to the council and MAFF to apply for a grant. Plans approved and works begins, overseen by the surveyor. Progress of buildings shown. Mr Chew harvests wheat and uses his new grain store. Central Office of Information for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Produced by Town and Country productions Photographer Michael Nunn Editor Stella Smallwood Technical Advisor John Brierley FLAS and Phil Harrison ARIBA Director Bill Latto
