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take the time to consider that the finished picture will be a 

 faithful reproduction of the subject as it appears before them, there 

 would be fewer poor pictures. The greatest mistakes the amateur 

 makes is to photograph his subject with the shadows from other 

 subjects partially overshadowing it, having the shadows in the fore- 

 ground instead of receding from it, and "snapping" it without 

 due consideration as to how it is posed. If it stands in an awk- 

 ward position when "snapped" it will certainly appear in exact 

 relative position in the picture. Sunlight pictures are scarcely 

 ever as satisfactory as those taken in the shade on a sunlit day, 

 or when the sun is slightly obscured by clouds. Lighting and the 

 lens has most ' all to do with a good picture, but still one must 

 be something of an artist, no matter how good his camera or 

 the lighting may be, to make a really good picture. High-priced 

 lenses are not always better than cheap lenses, although as a rule 

 they are much better. I use a 4x5 five-dollar camera, that $100 

 would not buy, for the reason that I think I understand my in- 

 strument and it does good work. I have used higher priced instru- 

 ments with less satisfaction. In taking advantage of -thunder 

 clouds I have made some very good landscape pictures. The pic- 

 ture appearing in the article under the heading of "Aristocracy 

 and Sheep," in this work, was taken on a bright August day, but 

 when the sun was obscured by a huge black cloud. Note the light- 

 ing and fine studio effect. This picture was taken by my favorite 

 five-dollar camera. In taking a picture of show sheep on a very 

 bright, sunshiny day, I would recommend placing the subject in 

 the shade, such as that which the barn or house affords, but not 

 that of a tree, since the shade would be spotted with the sun 

 glimmering through the trees. In taking sun pictures always 

 have the sun behind you. One-fifth of a second exposure, with a 

 wide open diaphragm, usually gives an excellent picture, under 

 such conditions. Where objects are moving swiftly the exposure 

 must be of less duration, of course. The animal must be properly 

 posed before ^snapping" to insure a pleasing picture, no matter 

 if it takes .an hour to pose it. 



SHEEP AT EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Notwithstanding that some agriculturists do not look upon the 

 work being carried on with sheep at our experiment stations with 

 any great degree of favor, the fact still remains that these institu- 

 tions are accomplishing some very good work, and, moreover, a 

 good deal of it. Especially is this true so far as experiments in 

 sheep and lamb feeding are concerned, the results of the majority of 

 which have been given in bulletin form to those seeking such in-, 

 formation as would aid them in feeding sheep and lambs for the 

 market, and which no doubt have saved many from pitfalls into 



