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Buffaloes for ploughing

Malaysia, 1953
film

The role of the water-buffalo in improving rice production in Malaya. Shows how a buffalo calf is trained as a farm animal. Its nostrils are pierced at six mo..

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Who'll pay the buffalo bill?

Australia, 1981
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Rice Farming [B&W]

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Rice Farming [COLOUR]

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Beef, grass and dairy calves

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The Cow and it's relatives

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Age of the Buffalo

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Your silent partner

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Bombay milk scheme

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The Indian elephant

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Speed the plough

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Fight for life

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The Jungle and the plough

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Tanjong Karang: Malaya

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Elephants

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Produce of Malaya

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Land of the hornbill

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Rice Growing in the Riverina = Irrigation farming in the Riverina

Unknown, 1964
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