Lietuvos bekonas


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  • Outros títulos: Lithuanian bacon
  • Ano: 1956
  • Descrição: Documentary about the bacon pig production in the collective farms of Lithuania. Fields of the fodder crops (clover, maize) next to the Nemunas River. Worker of the collective farm rides a horse, inspect the fields. Cattle (cows) herd pastures next to the Nemunas River. Sheep, bacon pigs pasture on grassland. Bacon pigs are driven to the farm. Carcass in the chilling room of Panevezys meat factory. Factory workers select the carcass for the bacon production. Meat is salted. Already made bacon is cut, its‘ quality assessed. Bacon pigs of white breed are grown in the farms of Kaunas district‘s collective farm "Bolshevik". Building of the pig farm, fencing, breeding pigs, piglets. There are farms of the representative collective farm, each bacon pig has its own enclosure. After birth, piglets are weighed up, trained to suck. Larger piglets are given to drink cow's milk, cooled boiled water, fed with special flour food with different mineral supplements. Troughs used to feed piglets are washed after each feeding. Veterinarian vaccinates pigs against erysipelas. Zootechnics Henrikas Buivydavičius supervises the pigs and selects some of them for bacon growing. Bacon pigs are grown in the multisectoral collective farm (Šakiai district). Pig enclosures, farms. Mechanical pig feed production line. Special food ration is compiled. Farm workers are trained to prepare food for pigs properly. The pigs are fed according to a fixed schedule. Feeder of the pig farm works near the farm – weeds the corn. After the working day feeders go home by bicycles. One feeder - Elena Skripkūnienė remains on duty. Veterinarians examine the pigs before transferring them to a summer camp. Pigs are transported to the camp by truck. The camp is equipped in a dry, sandy spot. The camp is equipped with wooden farms, separate pens for pigs. There are plans for expansion of the camp, the new models of the camp development are shown. Special showers for pigs, feeding production line, dwellings of the feeders. Forage production line in the summer camp, grass grinder. Fields of forrage lupin and other crops are near the camp. Fields equipped with portable fencing. Some of the larger pigs and piglets are weighed and sent to a meat factory in Panevezys. Chairman of Lenin collective farm Blikas discusses the results of bacon pig breeding with colleagues.
  • Palavras-chave: Gyvulininkystė / Kolūkiai / Žemės ūkis
  • Fornecedor: Lietuvos Centrinis Valstybės Archyvas
  • Direitos: In Copyright / Lietuvos Centrinis Valstybes Archyvas
  • Cor: Black & White
  • Director: Liudgardas Maculevičius
  • Sound: With sound