Caption
Up-to-the-minute -- from a feed conveyor belt to electronically controlled 'sunlight' -- plus production line efficiency have revolutionized the age-old business of poultry raising on the Cyrus and Manning Ells ranch at Port Williams, Nova Scotia. One of the largest enterprises of its kind in Canada, it includes nine farms; employs fifty workers. Shown feeding from a grain conveyor belt in the modern glassed 'Roundhouse' are a few of the 14,000 leghorns. Grain is poured from a central hopper; moves down horseshoe shaped trough.
Release Date
November 1, 1955
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lund, ChrisCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Greatly increased public demand for chicken dinners in the last few years have made production of 'broiler chicks' an important phase of the Ells' activities. Farm sells about 72,000 baby chicks every week to local farmers. Eggs take 18 days to hatch in large incubators holding 65,000; are turned every hour to prevent yolk sticking to shell. Chicks must be shipped within two or three days of hatching. Here, a flock of Light Sussex chicks gather for dinner. Water is piped across the range for them, while grain is fed either manually or from a truck.
Date
August 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB74203
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176090
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Prime concern of the Ell's [sic] farm is the production of their 'Mic-Mac' brand eggs. Firm does a monthly business of $125,000; handles sales of eggs for 75 local farmers. Eggs are sold locally but bulk of the output goes to markets in Newfoundland and Bermuda. Rawleigh Huntley, above, collects eggs from one of the Roundhouse shelters. Each of the seven pens houses 2,000 chickens; daily production averages 11,000 eggs a day. Most of the laying hens live in the Roundhouse but about 60,000 chicks stay in little shelters around the range.
Date
August 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB74198
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176087
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
System of electronic lighting in Roundhouse helps increase egg production by giving hens impression of sunlight 14 hours a day. Activated by electronic eye, light goes on when day is dull; switches off at 9 p.m. Here, Rawleigh Huntley adjusts controls for time of year.
Date
August 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB74199
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176088
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
In grading and packing room, Mrs. George Hines candles eggs while Mrs. Madeleine Dominey, in foreground, packs them in boxes. Eggs move on weighing conveyor trays; heaviest, Grade A large, dropping off at first. Together girls pack 40 cases a day -- 30 dozen in a case.
Date
August 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB74200
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176089
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Up-to-the-minute -- from a feed conveyor belt to electronically controlled 'sunlight' -- plus production line efficiency have revolutionized the age-old business of poultry raising on the Cyrus and Manning Ells ranch at Port Williams, Nova Scotia. One of the largest enterprises of its kind in Canada, it includes nine farms; employs fifty workers. Shown feeding from a grain conveyor belt in the modern glassed 'Roundhouse' are a few of the 14,000 leghorns. Grain is poured from a central hopper; moves down horseshoe shaped trough.
Date
August 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB74207
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176091
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #32: Port Williams, Nova Scotia: Chicken Farm Goes Modern
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
November 1, 1955
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Up-to-the-minute -- from a feed conveyor belt to electronically controlled 'sunlight' -- plus production line efficiency have revolutionized the age-old business of poultry raising on the Cyrus and Manning Ells ranch at Port Williams, Nova Scotia. One of the largest enterprises of its kind in Canada, it includes nine farms; employs fifty workers. Shown feeding from a grain conveyor belt in the modern glassed 'Roundhouse' are a few of the 14,000 leghorns. Grain is poured from a central hopper; moves down horseshoe shaped trough.
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