Learning on ScreenAnimal Crackers: Chickens In The Balance
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Some ingenious ideas, developed by both agricultural scientists and working farmers, to improve efficiency down on the farm. Chickens are nervous creatures - they lose weight at the drop of a hat! The farmer needs to know immediately if his brood is underweight or overweight but, unfortunately, even weighing worries them and, you’ve guessed it - they lose weight. Happily, chickens love to perch, and an electronic weighing perch, linked to a computer takes the worry out of weighing. The farmer can now safely, keep a close check on his brood; ensuring a happy, healthy, heavy bunch of broilers.
- Keywords
- Agriculture; Science and technology; Birds; Animal husbandry; Inventions and discoveries; Computers and computing
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/264
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Mike Murray
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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London W1T 1LN - Notes
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