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Show Film Pictures Show Forage Plant Story The story of grazing on the range as related to plant growth require- ments will be told in two new motion picture films now being prepared by the Unity?d States Forest service and the Motion Picture laboratory of tho department of agriculture. One of the two films, "On a Thoun-and Thoun-and Hills," will deal with sheep grazing, graz-ing, and the other "Green Pastures," will take up the grazing of cattle. Most of the photograhy was completed complet-ed last summer by the forest officers on range areas in the int)prmountain region and the Southwest. The two educational films will present the problems of grazing from a new angle, according to the forest eervfcre. Instead of the livcstck, primary interest will be centerec in. the forage plants themselves, " rce the maintenance of feed is a fu da-mental da-mental problem in the grazing industry. indus-try. Millions of acres of range land in tJie western states are in neec' of proper management to bring 1 'k and maintain an adequate cover of forage plants, the forest service Bays. A number of "shots" have been secured se-cured which Bhow how plants react to various methods of grazing. The stunted root systems of overgrazed plants and the strong roots of properly prop-erly grazed plants are compared. The films will show grass actually growing grow-ing before the lens and some of the more interesting phases of the plant's life, such as the breathing1 of the leaves, will be presented. Each film is one reel length. They will be released early next spring. |