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Bain brothers and Gus Martin, Engineer of a Reeves steam tractor, breaking new land at Bladworth, Saskatchewan.

Various ploughs at Western Development Museum.

Two volumes of a report (287 pages) by Lyle Dick of Parks Canada, Prairie Region.

Reminiscences of Alex Carr of Gainsborough, Saskatchewan who was interviewed by Grace Broad Carr in May, 1970. Alex Carr recalls that his father, a wheelwright, relocated to Gainsborough in 1902 and ran a blacksmith shop. He also explains the function and repair of plowshares and coal blowers.

Items are photographic reproductions of illustrations and text relating to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
R-A15225 (1) : Logo of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (depicts the head of a wheat stalk and the origanization's initials and its' motto in Latin).
R-A15225 (2) : Illustration showing a scene of abundance (fruits, vegetables, fish, fishing net, wheat stook, sheep, chickens, trees).
R-A15225 (3) : Text on "economically and technically" disadvantaged areas of food cultivation and illustration of manual food production technology leading to an empty bowl over a map of world.
R-A15225 (4) : Text on advantages of improved technology for food production and illustration of mechanized food cultivation leading to bowl filled with food over a map of the world.

Cameraman filming horse and plough working up the ground.