Windbreaks on the Prairies

This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to facilitate plowing, they discovered that the trees had served as windbreaks protecting top soil from erosion. The Dominion Department of Agriculture's experimental station at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, cultivated acres of young trees for distribution to farmers.

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

21 minutes

Year:

1943

Director:

Evelyn Cherry

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Company:

ONF | NFB

Cast:
Tommy Tweed

Narrator (voice)

Crew:
Evelyn Cherry

Director

Evelyn Cherry

Writer

Maurice Blackburn

Music

Lawrence Cherry

Director of Photography

Evelyn Cherry

Editor