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    Series name
    Fordson Newsreel
    Issue no
    41
    NoS ID
    349859
    Story no
    2 / 2

    BFI synopsis: moving a 17-ton petrol storage tank with the aid of an old Fordson tractor.

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  2. Moisture Counter

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    20
    NoS ID
    350843
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: For farmers and foresters - a new aid to measuring exactly the amount of moisture the soil retains and how much it needs. Using the principle of neutron bombardment the British Institute of...

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  3. Clay Plough

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    68
    NoS ID
    351130
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Farmers need no longer get their feet stuck - these deep ploughing instruments mix the top and sub-soils effectively, producing a better loam for crops.

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  4. Clay Plough

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    68
    NoS ID
    351132
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Farmers need no longer get their feet stuck - these deep ploughing instruments mix the top and sub-soils effectively, producing a better loam for crops.

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  5. Land Clearing at Karoi.

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    351859
    Story no
    7 / 7

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: In the Karoi district of Southern Rhodesia the Department of Conservation and Extension of clearing up to 30 acres a day for farmers at a cost of £3 per acre. Rhodesian...

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  6. Nyasaland’s Cotton

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    28
    NoS ID
    351941
    Story no
    4 / 4

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: Cotton production in Nyasaland is centred along the Lower Shire River Valley. Grown by Africans who sell it at the local cotton market, it is processed in the Ginnery then towed...

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  7. Crisis in Fort Jameson

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    39
    NoS ID
    351961
    Story no
    5 / 7

    Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - Fort Jameson - oldest European settlement in Northern Rhodesia and cradle of its Tobacco Industry, faces a grave crisis. Alarmed at last year’s average tobacco prices of 26...

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  8. The Timber is tall

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    47
    NoS ID
    351973
    Story no
    1 / 5

    Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - From the natural forest reserves of Nyasaland are coming ever greater quantities of timber for building and industrial purposes. So large is the size of some trees, that the...

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  9. Research in Agriculture

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    52
    NoS ID
    351978
    Story no
    1 / 5

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: During a Farmers’ Day at the Henderson Research Station explains its latest findings in Agriculture. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - It’s open house at the Henderson...

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  10. Tea From Nyasaland

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    52
    NoS ID
    351980
    Story no
    3 / 5

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: The Acting Governor General, Sir William Murphy visits a Nyasaland Tea Factory, near Mlanje Mountain. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - During his tour of Nyasaland, the Acting...

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