Mari livestock complexes (1968)

The Semenovsky state farm near Yoshkar-Ola.

Workers are building the first livestock complex in the Mari Republic.

Designers are developing a project for the complex.

Panorama of the completed complex.

A herd of pigs is being driven across the territory of the pig complex.

Pens with pigs.

A sow with piglets.

Poultry farm.

Feeding the poultry.

Caged poultry keeping.

An operator uses a control panel to service 2,000 laying hens.

Packing eggs.

Loading eggs into a truck and sending them to the consumer.

A farm for breeding ducks and other waterfowl.

Caged duck keeping as an option for increasing poultry meat production.

Feeding the ducks.

Turkey factory.

Industrial production of rabbit meat.

A herd of Romanov sheep.

Calves on the farm. V.P. Nikonov, First Secretary of the Mari Regional Committee of the CPSU, tells the story.

Map of the Mari ASSR with livestock complexes marked.

Dairy farm.

New dairy complex in Semenovsky state farm according to the improved design.

Watering machine works in fields with forage crops.

Cows on pasture.

Harvesting forage crops.

Tractor brings mown grass to the farm, where it is immediately used as feed for cows.

The new farm uses a untethered box system of keeping animals.

Milking cows.

Milk pipeline.

Milk processing shop, all processes are automated and take place in conditions of complete hermeticity.

The operation of the complex is provided by two specialists.

Line for bottling milk into bags.

Gravity manure removal system.

Cartoon explaining underground storage of manure with its subsequent removal to the fields.

In the Chapaev collective farm, a scraper manure cleaner is used to remove manure.

The operation of such a cleaner is demonstrated.

Panorama of the livestock complex.

Feed shop.

A system of mechanisms ensures a consistent and continuous process of feed preparation.

Chopped coarse feed is calcined, steamed, mixed, flavored with Saratov sourdough and enriched with microelements.

Conveyor feed of straw to the processing line. V.A. Chistyakov, a mechanic at the complex, tells the story.

Cows are going to be milked.

Milking machines for milking cows "Tandem".

With such a machine, a milkmaid can service a hundred cows.

The operating equipment disturbs the cows with its noise.

A farm where all noise sources are placed in sound-absorbing niches.

Air duct in the farm building.

Thermal air curtains are placed at the entrance to the premises.

Panorama of the city of Yoshkar-Ola.

A meeting of the technical council of the Ministry of Agriculture, where the creation of new complexes and technologies is discussed.

VDNKh USSR, Moscow.

Fountain of Friendship of Peoples.

Visitors examine models of livestock complexes. V.P. Nikonov, First Secretary of the Mari Regional Committee of the CPSU, tells the story.

Cows graze next to a livestock complex.

Construction of a new complex.

Alternating shots of farm animals and poultry.

Repeated shots from the film.