Légende
Crop yields on Misner's Lorraine Gardens farm have increased tremendously through the use of Red Wigglers in the soil. Here, Misner tends strawberry plants whose yield has increased from 4,000 - 6,000 quarts an acre to an average of 14,000 quarts. In background, compost bed where worms are bred.
Date
juillet 1, 1955
Numéro d'acquisition
LAC-NFB73901
Matériaux
Black and white negative
Photographe
Copie numérique
e011176069
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Référence de source
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Légende
Less selective than the earthworm, Wigglers are proving a sound bet economically for Misner. They eat almost anything from coffee grounds to vegetable tops, are resistant to heat and cold, breed prolifically. Above, Misner holds a sod filled with worms. Wigglers average from 3 - 4 inches.
Date
juillet 1, 1955
Numéro d'acquisition
LAC-NFB73902
Matériaux
Black and white negative
Photographe
Copie numérique
e011176070
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Référence de source
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Légende
Preservation of many ancient ruins has been credited to the common earthworm. Tiny as he is, the busy fellow has changed the earth's surface; undermined huge rocks with his excavations. Recently, he has sparked the "worm culture" trend -- breeding worms to cultivate the soil. Nature's organic farmer, the earthworm not only adds lime from his own system to the soil, but keeps minerals and other organic matter near the surface where plants [sic] roots can utilize them.
Date
juillet 1, 1955
Numéro d'acquisition
LAC-NFB74693
Matériaux
Black and white negative
Photographe
Copie numérique
e011176103
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Référence de source
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #25: Gardener's Gold from Earthworms
Photographes
Auteur
National Film Board of Canada
Date de diffusion
décembre 7, 1955
Collection
CMCP fonds
Référence de source
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Texte principal
A little-known earthworm, recently imported from Tennessee, promises to be the answer to many of the farmer's most serious problems. The "Red Wiggler", smaller than the common earthworm produces topsoil over 300 times as fast. Burrowing a dozen feet into the earth, the Wiggler builds an inch of topsoil a year. Captain C. E. Misner, a former lake sailor, who imported the worm says he now needs no sprays or fertilizers on his 400-acre Fenwick, Ont. farm. The worms produce a rich, dark soil which he calls "Gardener's Gold". It grows hardier, earlier maturing plants, which resist disease and parasites. Worm culture first interested Misner when he took over operation of the family farm on retirement; discovered the high costs of commercial fertilizers. Now he sells both worms and compost as far away as Australia, New Zealand and South America.
