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MonoN-PicTURE Activities. 



Prior to the fiscal year 1918 the motion-picture work was experi- 

 mental, and no definite allotment of funds was made for its support, 

 but for 1918 Congress granted $10,000 to be used for motion pictures. 

 This made possible the pubhcation on the motion-picture screen of 

 the more important lessons and urgent appeals which the department 

 found it necessary to place before farmers and the general public and 

 enabled the department soon after our entrance into the war to direct 

 the motion-picture work toward the stimulating of agricultural 

 production and food conservation. 



The direction of the motion-picture activities, which hitherto had 

 rested in the committee on motion-picture activities, was placed in 

 the hands of Mr. Don Carlos Ellis, in the office of the Assistant 

 Secretary in charge of pubhcations, the committee continuing as an 

 advisory body to preserve intimate contact with the various bureaus. 



FILM PRODUCTION. 



The motion-picture laboratory has produced for the use of this 

 department 52,250 feet of negative and 104,075 feet of positive film, 

 and for other Government agencies, 36,350 negative feet and 39,375 

 positive feet. Pictures were made of the following subjects: 



Concrete Silo Construction. 



Transfer of Cattle from Drought Stricken Areas to the Corn Belt. 



Control of Pink BoUworm of Cotton. 



Pythian Disease of Potatoes. 



Game on the Wichita National Forest. 



Control of Smut in Oats. 



Lumbering Yellow Pine for Ship Building and the Construction of Wooden Ships. 



Municipal Markets. 



Poultry Selection. 



Meeting the Farm Labor Situation. 



Shoe Leather Investigation. 



The Manufacture and Use of Cottage Cheese. 



Home Drjdng of Fruits and Vegetables. 



FILM DISTRIBUTION. 



On June 30, 1918, 51 reels of film, on the following subjects, were 

 available for exhibition; 



Reels. 



Grazing Industry on the National Forests -. . 1 



National Forests as Recreation Grounds and "Bull Run," Portland's Water 



Supply 1 



What a Careless Hunter Can Do 1 



Work of a Forest Fire Ranger 1 



Tree Planting on the National Forests 1 



Lumbering Yellow Pine in the Southwest 1 



Lodgepole Pine for Railroad Ties 1 



Work of Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis 1 



Lumbering Lodgepole Pine 1 



Types of Horses, Washington Horse Show 2 



Constructing a Concrete Silo 1 



Uncle Sam's Pig Club Work 1 



Cooperative Cow Testing 1 



Government Poultry Farm ' 4 



Wool from Sheep to Cloth 3 



Lambs from Range to Market 1 



Construction of a Wooden Hoop Silo 1 



