Animal Crackers: Packaged Grass

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

264

Date Released

1981

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Animal Crackers: Clotted Milk Detector
2. 2Animal Crackers: Sheep Dip
3. 3Animal Crackers: Chickens In The Balance
4. 4Animal Crackers: Packaged Grass

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Some ingenious ideas, developed by both agricultural scientists and working farmers, to improve efficiency down on the farm. Horses eat hay. But if the hay becomes slightly damp, mould spores grow in it - producing an asthma-like allergy in the poor, unfortunate horse. However, a new vacuum-packaging process seals fresh grass, and eliminates spores. It’s more nutritious than dried hay, and ensures that a horse’s frustrated owner doesn’t ring the knacker’s yard!

Keywords

Science and technology; Horses; Animal husbandry; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/264

Credits:

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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Notes

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