The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-09-02
MOVIES" HELP
|. FARM EDUCATORS
System Developed TO Teach Up
to Date Methods.
SAFE AND AMUSING ALSO.

Department Of Agricuiture's Latest
Venture In Agricultural Education
is the Moving Picture-compaot
Apparatus Invented Which Can 30
Used In Any Room.
A system Of moving pictures EN-
ibracing the latest venture of the de.
partment of agriculture In agricultural
education has just been introduced
The department has started out several
bright young operators with machines
that illustrate with moving pictures
some of the most up to date processes
in modern farming and at the same
time furnish entertainment for all the
members of rural communities
The department experimental a good
deal In getting an apparatus that was
light and compact and at the same
time would answer the purpose. It
finally got a moving picture OUTFIT that
would go into an ordinary suit case
and developed a system Of illumina-
tion for the films that made use of an
ordinary automobile gas tank, SO that
where electricity was not available the
gas tank could be hitched to the appa-
ratus and a show could be given In
any town where there was an automo-
bile supply place in reach.
Harmless and Fireproof.
Safety was another feature that was
demanded, and the machine was made
as harmless and 6reprOof as possible
Some of the "movies" are of the kind
for scarcely more than parlor enter
tainment and can be operated In any
sort of small meeting house or school
room. They throw a picture only four
feet square and, In fact, reduce the
moving picture theater to a family
sized basis This Is a valuable feature
= in some of the small and remote com
munities where but a small audience
and small gathering place are availa-
BILE. Any country schoolroom can be
utilized.
No attempt has been made so far to
develop the entertainment into any
Z thing like a lecture. All OF the pic
: lures are designed to be Instructive.
amusing as well One OF the popular
films deals with the development of
the housefiy as concerned In the han
ding Of food and dairy products and
the transmission OF disease. The Aim
also has Its amusing side. showing the
acrobatic fly enlarged 10 heroic pro
portions rocking In a rocking chair
with Il newspaper and spectacles and
Juggling barrels and other things on
his feet.
One of the most serious problems In
connection with this and other sorts of
rural entertainment IL transporting the
audience over the average country
roads In any but the best weather,
This brings in another feature of the
departments rural work and gives
room for slides aud pictures on road
building and maintenance, 10 that 1t Ii
intended ultimately to develop the sys
tenn with more still life pictures and
efficient lectures to extend the cam
paign both Of road and agricultural ed
ucation.
Colors Direct From Object.
One valuable asset of the depart
ment that has been developed In this
line, but that has never been used II
popular entertainment. ls the making
OF colored lantern slides In natural col
sprs airect from the object. This form
a3f color photography has been used II
rsbs department for some time as {
sma5ter OF record. photographs o
fruits and flowers being made Ia nat
ural colois and the negatives died 70
reference
One stumbling block In the way o
using the color pictures for lanteri
slides was that they were too dark ant
thick for ordinary lantern illumination
but the photographers have recentl
been able TO thin out these negative
so thut they can he projected by OF
dinny stereoptcon light This prom
lses TO largely increase the field am
reduce the expense of high class ster'
aapticOn entertainment.