“CULLING SHEEP” UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD SHEEP WOOL SHEARING & FLEECE EDUCATIONAL FILM 97454
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One of several films in the "On the Farm" series made by the Union Pacific Railroad's Agricultural Development Department , "Culling Sheep" dates to 1952. Culling refers to the practice of selling off animals that a farmer or rancher no longer wants to, or no longer can afford to keep.This animal husbandry film was designed to educate not only the public, but specifically sheep ranchers and herders as to how to improve the quality of their flock for both meat and wool production. Culled and non-culled sheep are displayed side-by-side to compare the quality of the fleece and value of the meat. It includes methods of culling, culling layouts, comparison of wool and meat quality, and selection of ewe lambs and breeding lambs.
(0:08) Union Pacific Railroad logo
(0:16) title card: “Union Pacific Railroad presents Culling Sheep”
(0:25) text: “An ‘On The Farm’ Motion Picture / Produced under supervision of the Agricultural Development Department / Union Pacific Railroad”
(0:35) Large flocks of sheep walk and graze through forests and pastures
(1:07) An inexpensive culling corral laid out in the middle of a large pasture, sans sheep
(1:21) A second type of culling corral filled with sheep
(1:29) As they stand amidst their sheep in the corral, farmers begin to carry out the “art” of culling by feeling the wool on the sheep’s back
(2:07) As the sheep are led out of the corral and back into the pasture, some of them (the “heavy shearers”) are separated
(2:30) Two sheep of different sizes are displayed as a comparison to show the necessity of culling
(3:09) A close-up of the parting of one sheep’s wool and the pulling out of a tuft shows it to be of good quality, color, density, and length
(3:29) A close-up of the parting of the second sheep’s wool and the pulling out of a tuft shows it to be looser, shorter, dirtier, and less dense
(3:50) A hand displays the two different tufts of wool
(4:03) Two fleeces are compared and weighed. One is shown to be smaller and dirtier than the other
(4:35) The two fleeces are displayed alongside handwritten statistics explaining their grease weight, scoured weight at percentage of regain, yield, and shrinkage
(5:09) Two sheep are displayed after having been completely sheared
(5:52) A farmer and his dog watch as a flock of sheep is put out to pasture
(6:05) A farmer observes a good-bodied ram
(6:50) Lambs feed on the grass in a pasture
(6:59) Ewe lambs in a corral
(7:12) Two lambs of the same age and breed are displayed side-by-side to showcase the necessity for culling. The one that has been culled has a superior size and fleece quality
(7:59) The dressed carcasses of the same lambs are displayed side-by-side to showcase the superior quality of the meat of the culled lamb
(8:41) The video is summarized as images of culled and non-culled sheep and fleece are re-displayed
(9:03) A flock of nicely culled sheep is let out of its corral to graze in the pasture
(9:51) text: “The End”
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