Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . ont of the opening, when the first exposurewas made. Beipg uncertain whether it had been stillat the moment, another plate was inserted. Towardsevening the bird returned more deliberately than be-fore with a good sized fish in its bill. With the aidof the field-glass it could be distinctly seen with itshead turned towards the camera, in which positionit remained till the critical moment had passed. Another departure was the production of the as lantern slides, which were welcomed as anovelty. When displayed on the screen they provedhighly


Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . ont of the opening, when the first exposurewas made. Beipg uncertain whether it had been stillat the moment, another plate was inserted. Towardsevening the bird returned more deliberately than be-fore with a good sized fish in its bill. With the aidof the field-glass it could be distinctly seen with itshead turned towards the camera, in which positionit remained till the critical moment had passed. Another departure was the production of the as lantern slides, which were welcomed as anovelty. When displayed on the screen they provedhighly entertaining to old and young alike. Althoughhesitating to endorse the dictum of Jane Welsh Car-lyle that Photogi-aphy has given more pleasure topoor suffering humanity than anything that has castup in my time, that branch of the art in which Ihave taken the keenest interest has certainly tendedContinued on page 68 F a r m e r s M a g a z i n e ?? • 19 A TWELVEMONTH OF PROGRESS 1920 Has Witnessed Real Advancement Among the Purebreds. Power—with intelligence. HIS being the con-cluding issue of theyear it is interest-ing to look back and con-sider what the year hasmeant to those interestedin the livestock this idea in view the .secretaries of all the live-stock associations wereapproached with the sug-gestion that they give ashort review of what the-year has meant to thebreed in which they areparticularly comments that follow^should be of great inter-est to all lovers of live-stock and to breederseverywhere. Alls Well Withthe Holsteins npHE registrations of-*• Holstein-Friesians upto the end of November have reached 14,000, and forthe year will number approximately 16,000. This willbring the total since the establishment of the Can-adian Herd Book to 131,000 head. In addition wehave sufficient animals, young and old, eligible toregistration, but not yet recorded, to bring the totalto ,000 or possibly 150,000 head. When one at-tempts to say


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