A Boon To The West (1924)
Ireland. Title: A BOON TO THE WEST. Young farmers in the making at Athenry Agricultural School. M, S of a group of young men standing outside a house, one looks through a telescope while the others write in notebooks, their teacher watches. C, U of the teacher showing a young man how to focus the telescope. M, S of another teacher showing a group of boys some ivy growing up a wall, some of the boys take notes. Intertitle: Some excellent specimens of stock raised at the School. M, S of several boys holding the reigns of sturdy farm horses, they are standing in a courtyard beside some stables, a teacher stands in front and gives a lecture, pan to show a group of younger boys listening. C, U of a chestnut farm horse, one of the boys and the teacher are inspecting the animal. M, S of boys leading large bulls past the stables. M, S of portly pigs in their muddy field, some eat from a metal trough. M, S of bullocks outside a barn. M, S of sheep being herded through a field. C, U of a group of she
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