530 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



be attempted without increased personnel. At present our films have 

 a high reputation for quality. We should strive to build up this 

 reputation. 



NEEDS OF THE WORK. 



In the last annual report for the motion-picture work it was stated 

 that the outstanding needs were better quarters and higher salaries 

 for some of our workers. The need for quarters has been met and 

 the other need has been partially met. It is hoped that further salary 

 adjustments will be furnished through the operation of the reclassi- 

 fication act. 



The greatest need remaining is that definite provision be made 

 for financing the motion-picture work. The office of motion pictures 

 is still a mendicant and must obtain its funds from various sources. 

 It is believed that results justify a specific congressional appropria- 

 tion for motion-picture purposes. 



NEW FILMS. 



The following motion pictures were completed during the fiscal 

 year 1923 : 



MoHie of Pine Grove Vat. (3 reels, Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



A Tale of Two Bulls. (1 reel, Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



The Horse in Motion. (1 reel, Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Four Hundred Million Chickens. (1 reel, Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Behind the Breakfast Plate. (2 reels. Bureau of Animal Industry and Bureau 



of Agricultural Economics.) 

 Peanuts, $30,000,000 Worth. (1 reel, Bureau of Plant Industry.) 

 Keeping Out Bad Food. (1 reel. Bureau of Chemistry.) 

 Halting Foreign Plant Foes. (1 reel. Federal Horticultural Board.) 

 Red Enemy. (3 reels. Forest Service.) 

 Foresting the Sandhills. (1 reel. Forest Service.) 

 The Forest Ranger's Job. (1 reel, Forest Service.) 

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

 Tests for Better Roads. (1 reel. Bureau of Public Roads.) 

 Roads to Wonderland. (1 reel. Bureau of Public Roads.) 

 Birds of a Feather. (1 reel, States Relations Service.) 

 Cranberries, and Why They Are Sometimes Bitter. (1 reel, Bureau of Plant 



Industry. ) 

 Cotton— Dixie's Greatest Crop. (1 reel, Bureau of Plant Industry.) 

 Should I Buy a Tractor? (1 reel, Bureau of Agricultural Economics and 



Bureau of Public Roads.) 



A Letter to Dad. (1 reel. States Relations Service.) 



Bill Jones — Champion. (1 reel. States Relations Service.) 



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



Sugar Cane and Cane Sugar, (1 reel, Bureau of Plant Industry and Bureau 

 of Chemistry.) 



Beets From Seed to Sugar Bowl. (1 reel, Bureau of Plant Industry and 

 Bureau of Chemistry.) 



Cassina. (1 reel. Bureau of Chemistry.) 



Seeing Washington. (1 reel, States Relations Service.) 



Where Uncle Sam Raises Poultry. (1 reel. Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Future Forest Giants. (1 reel, Forest Service.) 



Poison. (1 reel. Insecticide and Fungicide Board.) 



White Pine Blister Rust in the West. (1 reel, Bureau of Plant Industry.) 



The following films were materially revised : 



Fighting Western Pine Beetles. 

 Production's Pulse. 

 The Goldan Fleece. 



