NORTHERN ILLINOIS FARM LIFE IN WARTIME WWII FOOD & FARM PRODUCTION FILM 55464
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Produced by the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, this 1944 film shows farm life in northern Illinois during wartime. The film is broken into a number of sections (dairy, beef, sheep, hog, poultry, truck farming, ideas at work, youth, and family) and looks at the ways the various farming families of northern Illinois use electric-powered machines to enhance their productivity and improve quality of life during wartime. The film opens with a montage of shots of a number of northern Illinois farms. Two horses pull a farmer on a wagon (01:57). A woman digs soil in a small plot. At a dairy farm, herds graze, and the film shows some of the different breeds of dairy cows. A border collie herds cows (03:40), moving the animals through an electric doorway sprayer at the entrance to a barn. The farmer’s wife and daughter feed calves. A young boy pulls a sprayer past the cows inside the barn. The farmer milks cows (05:05), and a woman from the dairy association dumps the milk into a combination cooler after measuring the output. An automatic milk stirrer moves the milk in the cooler (06:22). At another farm, a farmer operates an electric manure hoist (07:24). The farmer uses a pneumatic sprayer to quickly spray his cattle. Holstein bulls are tethered to an “exerciser” and walk in a circle (08:22). The film then looks at some beef farms. Beef cattle graze in a field (08:44), and the film gives viewers a look at some of the different types of beef bulls, including an angus bull. A motor pushes feed into a truck bed (09:32). Out in the field, farmers shovel feed from the truck bed. Next, viewers see another border collie herding sheep (10:10). A farmer puts a lamb under a brooder. Elsewhere, two men fix a lamb brooder (11:28). A sheep has its wool shorn with electric shears. At a high school, students build a pig brooder (12:21). A man feeds his hogs in a barn. High school students learn to vaccinate a piglet. The film then shows a man walking by several chicken coups. A chicken farmer uses an electric feed mixer. Chicks gather around an electric brooder. A man uses an automatic feather picker to clean a dead chicken (15:16). A boy pours feed for a dozen chickens then collects their eggs (16:05). In the “Truck Farming” section of the film, viewers see men use two 5-hp motor pumps to irrigate farmland (16:45), including a cabbage field. Men use a conveyer belt to load cabbage onto a truck. The film then moves to the “Ideas at Work” section. A small motor moves an elevator, lifting bales of hay into a barn. A man uses a forge to heat metal (18:40). Another man demonstrates a homemade seed inoculator (19:10). A truck tows a portable elevator (19:50); a man shovels corn onto the elevator which moves it into a truck. A 1-hp grinder grinds feed and moves it into a storage area ready for sacking (20:57). Another farmer uses a small portable motor to mix concrete (21:44); men pour concrete for a flat feeding ground. In the “Youth” section, students learn to use a grinder in a vo-ag classroom (22:50). The students then build a chicken feeder with a heated water container. The film shows inside a farm family’s home (24:00), where a grandmother looks at the food canned by the wife and daughter. A woman sews a 4-H project (25:00). A 4-H winner poses with his Holstein and 1st-place plaque. At the McHenry County 4-H Club Achievement Show, 4-H participants show cows (25:40). The last section of the film is on family. Viewers see a farm house (26:10); they also see a recently constructed tiled shower. A woman cans food (27:07), and another woman dehydrates spinach and carrots. The film concludes with a montage of shots of the motors used in farm life, of farm land and livestock, and a final shot of children playing at a small playground.
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The Selmyers were my dad's cousins. Jim ended up farming down the road from us. Jerome was my godfather. Their sister lived nearby in another little village. There were many other names and places that I recognized.
We were certainly a self-sufficient country when this film was made.
Yes we were. Sadly people can't conceive of us ever being that self-sufficient because their propaganda tells them it is impossible.
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Simple and better times back then
Except for all the Nazis running around the world, but yeah. Totally.
As long as you were white
Would not say that. African Americans? Why do white Americans long for the 40s and 50s with legislated racism? So odd and sad.
Hard work but if one was healthy and in good shape, it was good times.
These people were the salt of the earth. BRILLIANT way to make every job easier. I pray they are successful every year. Neal
Nice looking animals, decent shearer too. As a farm kid, I love seeing these
The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois was and still is owned by the The Commonwealth Edison Co of Chicago. It goes from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and from the Wisconsin State Line to several miles south of Interstate 80. The rural part of northern Illinois started with the shortened name of the Public Service and later changed to Northern Illinois Utilities headquarted out of Dixon, IL. Today we all take for granted how easy electricity has made our life. This is a good reminder what electricity did for the American farmer to be as productive today.
Nice to see color from the era.
Yeah, never knew they had color before 1945 LOL:) OL J R :)
My brother was born in Streator at St. Mary's Hospital, in December, 1952. I would stand in the snow and wave to my mother when we went to visit. When we moved to Grand Ridge, there was no gas service and the electric water heater was very expensive to operate.
I got a good laugh at needing a dog to bring in the cows for milking. Growing up I never needed a alarm clock. 4am the cows made sure no one slept in.
My cousin didn't need a dog either, but he had one. By 3:30, those cows were in so much pain, they were lined up 10 deep to get into the barn and be milked. Go ahead, ask a mom who breast feeds about it, lol.
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Hah! Looks like we former breast-feeders like your comment!
And you're absolutely correct☺️
All of tbese people are amazing. I think what stands out is how effortless it all seems in the video but I know it is not easy to live back then.
Funny thing , All those farms are long gone now . Probably subdivided. Except for Mt.Morris & Streator Il . By the Chicago migration. Mr Yashtar , My family's both got off the Boat with nothing 100 + years ago. But had to pay for their land . And Mr Elderly , My mother, aunts and uncles grew up in Oregon Il. Cant recall to many Indian stories . But Statue is a good gesture. Good video, we still use some of those G.E motors .
I thought the same too. Aledo and Belvidere are also still very rural. But Geneva and St. Charles?
What's worse is how since then, unchecked urban sprawl no doubt resulted in developers clear-cutting most of those old-growth oak trees documented in this film.
And remember this was produced just before the post-war housing development boom. To think how some of those local high schools teaching farm children back then no longer even have 4-H clubs nor agriculture classes.
Boy have things changed up here in Northern Hellinois.........
Central Illinois here
Small farms are a thing of the past. If the houses and buildings are still there they're owned by some oligarch now. Bill gates is the largest landowning farmer in the US in 2022. And for years no one can really be sure how much of our own food we produce since it's legal to slap MADE IN USA labels on all imported food. Small farms were good jobs and kept us safe, we'll regret letting oligarchs monopolize them.
Young ladies working hard back then just to survive.
Compared to what the City folks had to go through with rationing, the farmers had it pretty good. Sure the labor was pretty high, but you got to eat from your own produce without rationing. The only thing wrong with this film, is that everything depended upon available electricity. Most farmers were not so lucky to have electric power available from a utility.
Good video
Thanks for the visit
Out of all the towns mentioned in this video, I didn't know only two of them. And from where I'm at I don't think I'm more than 30 min away from any of them. But things sure have changed since WWII, my guess is - knowing these areas - that a majority of these farms no longer exist, and in their place sits fairly larger single-family homes in subdivisions. Largely due to the children of the farmers seen in this video having to SELL their land due to the INSANE TAXES of all kinds we have in Illinois thanks to money-hungry Democrats!! I know this as FACT as the house my wife & I are in - and have been since we bought it as new construction in 1978 - WAS on Farm Land. It was the largest family farm in my village at the time. [ps: Go Bears! (Justin Fields ROCKS :-)]
Funny how U blame Dems for all of yer failures...
Look at my name and avatar. I'm a Waukegan boy and couldn't agree more with your comment. But Justin Fields most certainly DOES NOT rock. Lifelong Bears fan and graduate of THE Ohio State University.
@@kq2799 dems mess up alot tho
so amazing how they got along without AI 🤔
Damn where did I put my ration points book at.
Grandma had hers in the drawer in the back room... I asked her one time, "you think they'll get you extra gas or sugar in the NEXT war??" LOL:)
She had tons of green stamps too from back in the day. Used to get a lot of free stuff that way LOL:) OL J R :)
I miss being on a farm
My family all the way back to the early days of the Vikings have been farmers .. the upper Midwest . To us the most honest , rewarding, challenging..God fearing way of life.
25:52 "Hello Joe--whaddya know?"
Hey folks, love the videos! Could you PLEASE move the overlay to the very bottom of the picture? Many times now, important, useful information has been hidden by the overlay.
If you can't move it, please it 75% transparent ( 25% visible)
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I've often been irked by missing bits of info behind that counter, and wondered why it was there.
Thanks to you both🤗
Goor flick. Makes me want to run out and buy a War bond! LOL I like these patriotic propaganda films as they show America in a much better time when we were respected and respected ourselves. Shame it's all gone now.
Propaganda? This was reality back then.. talk about Propaganda, turn on msnbc or cnn
@@lifeindetale Yes, this is basically a propaganda film from days long gone. Back then this was how it was and not to be confused with the drivel those channels shove down our throats.
0:55 No need to wonder about the quality of this film; The filmmakers tell us right at the start!
How many different chemicals are they spraying per day
I understand the reason for the counter, but could it be in another place? It covers some of the info at the bottom.
Otherwise, bravo! More like these!
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3:01 big loans to the corn farmer, high cost tractors in the millions...
This area still looks like that lol
When you are poor, just breathing is work.
Very awesome, but I found the "PF# 55464" counter constantly running very distracting. Is there a way to get that off? Thanks!
Life without holodor.
Where’s all the packaging and plastics?
#mr indians
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Poor millennial's are screwed. They cant even communicate with another human with out an electronic devise. How the hell are they going to work as a team on any of those projects.
Device*... Oh the irony, aye?
Milk with a side of ddt
So many corporate sponsors. 🤷♂️
Gee i wonder why they dont show how they raise our food now days. . . . . oh my bad, monsanto chemical co. Inc. Would not like any exposure because when this film was made the farmers mission was to bring thee best he has to market and as you can see near zero chemicals and zero gmo,s all the best food on earth, the mission of todays farmer is proffit at the cost of human lives nothing else.
This is farming when animal welfare was still an issue and not like today with factory farming: Profit before animal welfare. Believe there will be a day when we have to re think the way we treat animals and grow products. More serious viruses than Covid 19 may occur in the future.
YEAH PROPAGANDA
On stolen land
Chuck Barnes the fake Indians (Mongolian) an the 5 dollar Indians 👈🏿
Yahstar Arawak My grandfather had a general store in town and was the only merchant in town to give the native Americans credit for food. He knew that history and in his own way did whatever he could to help. We had the Black Hawk statue across the Rock river from our home. After all these years I still have a gift from them to my grandfather. I wear it on my hand proudly
The Indians stole it from the natives.
@@elderlypoodle9181 I was inside that statue about 60 years ago.
Need a hug Nancy?
Young ladies working hard back then just to survive
Gee i wonder why they dont show how they raise our food now days. . . . . oh my bad, monsanto chemical co. Inc. Would not like any exposure because when this film was made the farmers mission was to bring thee best he has to market and as you can see near zero chemicals and zero gmo,s all the best food on earth, the mission of todays farmer is proffit at the cost of human lives nothing else.
You are wrong. By the way profit isn't evil, no profit nobody stays in business, including farmers
@@RJ1999x profit isn't the issue, the point he was trying to make was profit over safety which ties in directly to his monsanto comment, organic is the way to go. Monsanto has known about their false claims for years but continue on for the sake of greed
@@RJ1999x hahaha say that to an organic farmer
@@jamesmontan9189 you're not feeding the world. Says the non organic farmer
More big city people who think they know better how to run a farm.