Educational film magazine; (19-)

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INCREASING FARM EFFICIENCY WITH FILMS "Vi"OTION pictures have been used to add efficiency to the manu- -^*-*- faoture of pump handles and the raising of children, but the Illinois Agricultural Association is the first organization to plan ihe use of the film on the farms. According to an announcement made by the association from its Chicago headquarters a corporation is to be organized for the purpose of producing the films and distributing them to ihe county farm bureaus, where they may be seen by every farmer and farmer's family in the state. Seven county bureaus already have projectors, but there are not enough films of the kind they want to keep them busy. The state association plans to build up a film library to give them movies throughout the year. Publicity and education are chief fields of material the farmer films will draw on. The announce- ment says in part: "It is the intention to organize this corporation for profit, so that there will be income enough to continue and increase the production year after year. It is the intention to interest outside capital within a year or so, at the same time keeping control within the association, and extending the production into a monthly agricultural news film. "It is hoped to produce agricultural films for which there is a demand, whether it be a film of the United States Grain Growers, Inc., or of a local shipping association. The publicity department already has six reels of govem^ment films and is about to produce a four-reel film built on the farm bureau and its problems." "A ROMANCE OF THE HARDWOODS" A ROMANCE of the Hardwoods was produced by Atlas Educational Film Company of Chicago for the Trade Extension Department of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, and has received the endorsement of California University and Iowa State College ot Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. It treats the story of hardwood from the viewpoint of education and many of the scenes filmed in the Tennessee mountain regions are remarkable. The first stage in the process of converting trees into interior trim- mings is cutting down the timber with great cross-cut saws, a tree of average size requiring fifteen minutes to fell. A notch is hewn in one side so that the tree will fall in the right direction. The timber is then sawed into log lengths and picturesque oxen teams driven by bare throated negroes "snake" them through the forests. This is per- haps the ntost arduous chapter of the story. Often the mud is knee deep and it is necessary to utilize tractors. The lumbermen frequently find the railroad tracks two or three feet under water, and are obliged to stop and build spur tracks. The tractor crashes its clumsy way over steep grades, through muddy valleys and over rough underbrush. In the dense east and mid-southern forest of the United States are oftenest found the red gums and poplars that make the finest types of polished cabinets. The logs are carried into the log yards on paths or skidways, and in the case of large operations steam skidders are used. Steam cranes lift the timber into the mills. Sometimes when waterways are avail- able the logs are shot into the mills, the loggers acquiring .skill and daring in riding the logs. The timber is loaded on trucks and washed after oeing propelled onto log decks. It is then pushed by steam power on saw carriages for sawing into Imiirds or for quarter sawing. By means of saw-edging machines it is trimmed to the standard size, in- spected and graded by experts, and piled in the yards for air drying. The length of time necessary for kiln drying is determined by the moisture content. Veneers are obtained either by rotary cutting, sawing or slicing. The logs are steamed in great vats, then the bark is easily removed. Rotary cut veneer comes oflf in l»-niitiful thin slices. The final steps in the process come when it is meclmnlcally dried, put under pressure, »«/ it will not curl or split, and Die finished hardwood Is ready to be shipped to the consuming manufiictiircr. t »• NEW METHOD OF MAKIN(; HAND-DRAWN TITLES A N entirely new method of producing hand-lettered titles for films -^ of all descriptions is offered tiy ArHmr Weil of 220 West 4.2nd street. New York City. Much qui'krr and better service and, in some CHtnti, a considerable saving in cost of titling are claimed for this unique Invention ot Oscar Chouinnrd, known as the TItlegraph. A FEW years ago it was an exceptional occurrence to have s "^^ meeting of all the members of a community. Perhaps at i school or Christmas entertainment the community would turn oui in numbers because the children were going to be there anc every proud parent wanted to see his boy and girl on the plat form. These neighborhood meetings were very few, however Today the conditions are different. There are many contributing influences which have brought this about. The automobile ha' done its part. Agricultural county speakers have helped mucl in arranging meetings for the neighborhood and providing speak ers for them. Consolidated schools are furnishing assembly places where the whole neighborhood may gather. There is still a wide field where the consolidated school, o), even the public school will, in the near future, fill a long-fel need in the community. It will be but a short time until indi vidual electric light paints will be installed in all school and with the advent of electricity will come the possibility o community movies. It will not be necessary to go to the city t< see them. And for real entertainment and educational work then are few things that are as good as motion pictures. One ma' travel to the four corners of the earth with them. A good filn showing the best up-to-date methods of agriculture would hav a tremendous value in the rural community.—Bemidji, Min Pioneer. W 1 EXTENSION WORK AMONG NEGROES FILMED How the negro farmer of the South is becoming a more prosi)erou and contented citizen through the influence of agricultural ex tension work is shown in a new motion picture produced and recentl released by the United States Department of Agriculture. The pictur was made in cooperation witli tlie Alabama Polytechnic Institute an Tuskeegee Institute. The picture is in two reels, under the title Helpinii Negroes t Become Better Farmers and Hortiemnkers. The central character i Rube Collins, a typical negro farmer. He is brought in toucli wit agricultural extension work through his discovery that the boll wecv, is ravaging his cotton fields. Through the county agent he learns liqij to raise cotton despite the boll weevil and how to diversify his croji .so that his farming will bring a good return. Later on the film .show tlie appointment of negro extension workers, both men and w-omei and their work among negroes. Another feature of the film i.s "movable school" whicli carries instruction for farming and home wol direct to the farms. The picture ends witli a family scene at the Collii home and a phonograph fading into the strains of "Suwannee River." The picture will be circulated through the distribution system the department and coo])erating state institutions. Copies may bought by authorized persons or institutions at the cost of manufi turing, which is aljout $80 for tlie two reels. "FROM ROE TO REEL" JPROM Roe to Reel, filmed by the Michigan State Conservation Coir: ■^ mission for educational and entertainment purposes, shows a d< pleted stream and a dc.si)ondent .ingler; fish culture as carried Oi by Michigan, and, finally, the replete stream with the angler's basl4i filled with trout. A feature of the picture is a fantasy in the folfj of a burlesque called "The Trout Banquet." In the picture Prin|j Zalsman prepares a table in the streajn to banquet the nol)ility of AiiSable. Then come some entertaining stimts by the trout. Th just ilnto the table dishes in quest of food, eat food from the hand of I prince, etc. The Prince, being a generous person, feeds the remall of the banquet to the rablile. A thousand trout scramble at once ti the remnants. There arc S]>lasbing, flashing, dashing fins, tails, scaU and silvery sides. It is a phantasmagoria that will delight the heal of both layman and sportsman. The Motion Picture Division of the A.ssociated Advertising Clul of the World will hold their convention at Atlanta, Georgia, tlie wef of .June 18. Each day of the convention indu.strial motion pictur* will be shown continuously from 10:80 A. M. to 10:80 P. M. at & Atlanta Theater Films use<l In national and local campaigns will I projected on the screen and the p\iblicity campaign explained In di tail. Harry Ix-vey, president of the Screen Advertisers Associ.ilio' will arrange the programs . 10