390 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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building be secured in order to make this possible, and it is believedl 

 that such an arrangement will materially facilitate the work of the 

 section. 



MOTION PICTURES. 



Definite accomplishments of the motion-picture office and labora- 

 tory during the fiscal year 1922 include the following : 



Completion of 33 new motion pictures. 



Revision of 21 old films. 



Beginning of editorial or production work, or both, on 28 new films. 



Addition of 274 new prints, totaling 547 reels, to the department's stock. 



Circulation of department films through extension workers and others to a 

 total estimated audience of between four and five million people. 



Authorization of sale of 236 prints, totaling 289 reels, of department films to 

 cooperating or outside institutions, at a cost to purchasers of .$9,84.5.35, com- 

 pared with $6,179.60 in the fiscal year 1921. 



Improvement in the subject-matter content and photographic quality of our 

 motion pictures. 



Addition of photographic equipment enabling the production of better and 

 new types of motion pictures. 



Decision to use standard-width slow-burning film instead of inflammable 

 film in prints. 



Exhibition of department films before four large gatherings of department 

 employees in Washington, with a total attendance of 6.000. 



Advancement of the plan, with tangible results recorded, under which State 

 agricultural colleges and extension divisions are urged to establish State dis- 

 tribution centers for Department of Agriculture films. 



Compilation of results of motion-pctuve questionnaire among extension 

 agents. These results, in connection with numerous complimentary expressions 

 from other sources, demonstrate the existence of a great field of usefulness for 

 our films, and indicate that Department of .\griculture films are h'ghly 

 regarded. 



LIST OF NEW FILMS. 



The new films completed are listed below : 



Exit Ascaris. (2 reels. Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Sir Lactius — The Good Milk Knight. (2 reels, Bureau of Animal Industry.) 

 Dates — America's Nev/ Fruit Crop. (1 reel. Bureau of Plant Industry.) 

 Potatoe.s — Early and Late. (1 reel. Bureau of Plant Industry.) 

 Sweet Potatoes from Seed to Storage. (1 reel. Bureau of Plant Industry.) 

 Bees — How they Live and Work. (1 reel, Bureau of Entomology.) 

 Keeping Bees at Work. (1 reel, Bureau of Entomology.) 

 Fighting Western Pine Beetles. (1 reel. Bureau of Entomology.) 

 An Undesirable Alien. (1 reel. Bureau of Entomology.) 

 How to Poison Boll Weevils. (1 reel. Bureau of Entomology.) 

 The Ox Warble— A Fifty-Million-Dollar Tune. (1 reel, Bureau of Ento- 

 mology. ) 



Anne's Aigrette. (1 reel, Bureau of Biological Survey.) 



National rJird Refuges. (1 reel. Bureau of Biological Survey.) 



Mixed Asphalt Pavements. (1 reel. Bureau of Public Roads.) 



Building I3ituminous Roads. (1 reel. Bureau of Public Roads.) 



Brick— From Clay to Pavement. (1 reel. Bureau of Public Roads.) 



Highroads and Skyroads. (1 reel. Bureau of Public Roads.) 



WHiite Pine — Beautiful and Useful. (1 reel. Bureau of Plant Industry.) 



When Elk Come Down. (2 reels. Forest Service.) 



When North Winds Blow. (1 reel. Forest Service.) 



She's Wild. (1 reel, Forest Service.) 



New films practically completed at the end of the fiscal year are : 



Pines that Come Back. (1 reel, Forest Service.) 



Winter Lumbering in the White Mountains. (1 reel, Forest Service. ■> 



Crops and Kilowatts. (1 reel; Forest Service.) 



