farmers

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farmers

Arthur's tractor

a fairy tale with mechanical parts
2003
Unaware that a princess in distress and a dragon on the loose are right behind him, Arthur the farmer thinks that the strange noises he keeps hearing are being made by his tractor breaking down.

A crowded ride in the countryside

1999
A farmer's truck gets very crowded when his animals keep hopping on for a ride to the county fair.

A visit to the Gravesens' farm

1998
Describes the work done throughout the year by a couple who raises foods to sell at stores and roadside stands.

The dust bowl

2005
Discusses the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s when dust storms raged across the heartland of the United States, causing damage that reached from North Dakota to Texas, explains how a combination of bad farming practices and drought caused the deadly conditions, and looks at how people and the government responded to the crisis.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

1998
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.

Egyptian farmers

1990
A simple introduction to the day-to-day life of the Egyptian farmer including information on farming methods, implements, crops, and the importance of the Nile floods.

Visiting Tom

a man, a highway, and the road to roughneck grace
2012
A portrait of country life through the eyes of Tom Hartwig, an eighty-two year-old man who lives in rural Wisconsin, drives a team of oxen in local parades, and likes to fire his homemade cannons.

An hour before daylight

memories of a rural boyhood
2001
President Jimmy Carter remembers his childhood on a farm in Depression-era Georgia; comments on rural life, family, and race relations.

A day in the life of a farmer

2004
Follows a farmer through a typical day, and answers questions children often have about the work of farmers.

The farmer through history

1993
Examines the various crops, farming methods, and equipment used by farmers throughout history, from the earliest communities in the Middle East to modern mechanized farms.

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