Evening star., 1914-07-11

| to take pictures of the activities Of the
forest service throughout the forest res
ervations of the far west. In connection
| with the forest pictures there will be 9TH
ers filmed of Indian, life in the reserva-
tions.
These films are a part OF the depart
| ment's educational film service. The ac-
| tiv1ty has only been established about six
months. The laboratories are on the
fourth floor of the main building.
The laboratory has Just completed a
| film showing the strawberry industry OF
| Warren county, Ky. 1t Is a film 1900
feet in length and shows the strawber-
| ries from the patch to the palate.
| Another film shows the congressional
seed distribution in all its phases. The
dairy industry. picturing the cooperative
| COW testing in Vermont. is the subject of
another film Of a thousand feet.
Another film shows the preparation Of
paper from the log to the sheet This
picture was made in Madison, Wis.
| 1t Is declared that the finest film Is the
great Seeing Washington reel. of about
1900 feet. taken in connection with the
Corn Club boys when they were in WASH
ington last December.
| The pictures are to be shown all over
the country and will have an audience Of
many millions Of people. as they are to
be shown in the regular movie thea
I ters.
| The work turned out by the division Of
publications is comparable to any done
| by the great commercial film makers of
this or any foreign country. Many anus
ling Incidents have happened here in
washington while some Of the films were
being taken. Perhaps the most amusing
experience happened out at the Zoo. 1t
is said that the animals out there did
not take kindly to the moving picture
machine and its operator. The lion tried
to eat the operator and the ostrich the
| camera, but luckily for the Department
of Agriculture, both animals went hun
| cry.
Secretary Houston left Monday for a
trip to Woods Hole. Mass, to visit his
family. He returned to the office yes
| terday.
| Friends of the Secretary who are in
terested in condolences are smiling over
| the fact that the first bale of 1914 cotton
| marketed in the United States was sold
July on the Cotton Exchange of Hous-
| ton. Tex. 1t weighed 392 pounds and sold
for $500. 1t came from Lyford. Tex.
| A. A. Ormsby assistant chief clerk, re-
| turned Wednesday from a three-day fish
| ing trip at Charlottesville, Va. and other
nearby points.
L. E. McLarren, clerk in the bureau Of
! chemistry. left for trip Of three months
duration Thursday.
A. s. Mitchell, administrative assistant
| of the bureau Of chemistry. has been call
| ed to the state of Wisconsin by the
death Of his mother.
Horace L. Stevenson has been appointed
| a messenger in the bureau Of chemistry.
Miss Bertha NJ Bennett of the bureau
| of chemistry has been transferred from
Charlottesville Va. to this city.
L. A Wolfe, a chemist aid. left
| Wednesday for a three-week vacation
| ]. S. Abbott, chemist in charge of the
state cooperative work. who has been
visiting number Of the state dairy and
| ington.
The Office of the executive officer Of the
| insecticide and fungicide board is felici-
| tating itself this week on the acquisition
| of a 'photostat," which Is a photogra PHI
| ing instrument that takes pictures around
| corner as 1t were
/ Heretofore all labels on barrels, boxes,
| cans and other containers have been cop
led off on a typewriter by some fair
| 'typist," and it was lot of work
| Now, by the use Of the protostat, Pa
tricia, the typist. can have bit more
| leisure these hot summer days, while
| those barrels. boxes. cans and other con-
| tainers are rolled up in front of the pho
tostat and have their pictures taken"
| The instrument. is lighted by powerful
mercury glow lights. The lens Is SO ar
ranged, by means of a hooded reflector.
that 1t can take pictures of objects placed
beneath it. to one side. or even Of a fly
on the ceiling. If that were desired.
| There Is no limit where this machine can
| take pictures, seemingly.
After the sensitive paper Is exposed 1t
is mechanically passed from behind the
| lens into developer, then through water,
and then into hypo, and in thirty sec
onds emerges a completed negative. This
negative in turn can then be rephoto-
! ad finitum.
The hardest Job the operators have been
up against so far was to get good pic
ture of a red label with black lettering
| upon it
]. B. Kingsbury. property clerk in the
| insecticide and fungicide board, is plan
ming to take his vacation soon. when he
| is to sail on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Gross for Germany. He expects to sail
July q.
Rose A. Hayes. clerk in the division Of
publications, returned to the office Tues
day after an absence Of several weeks
due to a severe illness.
| Wednesday the bureau Of crop esu
mates 0ormerly the bureau of statistics)
was locked up until 2:15 o'clock getting
out the estimates on wheat, corn, oats,
| barley, rye, tobacco, hay. apples. etc.
| The report in wheat was especially en-
couraging. 1t is estimated that the wheat
crop will be one Of the very largest ever
harvested in this country.
I F. NJ. Simpson reported for duty as
market specialist in the office of mar
kets this week. Mr.. Simpson was for
merly connected with the University Of
Illinois.
Charles E. Bassett, specialist in CO.
operative organization, office of markets,
has just returned from a trip in the west
comforting with fruit and potato growers.
Miss Filda M. Daish of the office of
markets returned this week from her
leave Of absence spent at Lake Placid.
n. Y. and at Cincinnati. Ohio.
w. H. Kerr. assistant in cooperative
organization accounting, returned this
| week from trip through Illinois, Colo
RADIO, California, Oregon and Washing
ton interviewing managers of CO.
operative marketing associations as to
their methods of handling and market
ing produce, and also bankers relative
to their system Of credit to such or
ganizations.
Miss Mary E. Griffith has taken up her
| duties as editorial clerk in the office