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spring &~S.umrner, 1948 HOME AND COUNTRY SCENES FROM FILM “LET THERE BE LIGHT Braided and Hooked Rugs displayed by Miss Edith Hopkins and women l'rom Waterloo County. Miss Sarah Janos, Women‘s Institute Branch and Home Economics Serrice. Conducts a class in Weaving. Miss Grace Hamilton, R.N.. nurse on the stair of the Women‘s Institute Branch, gives a demonstration on home nnrsmg. These pictures were all taken at Kitchener during the filming oi the Work of the Women's Institutes. Miss An . Lewis, Director of the Women's Institute Branch and Home Economics Sgivlice, directed the film. The film story wasonuon by M. McIntyre Hood, who, along with Miss Lewis does the narration off the com; lmentflry on the film. Technical advisers were _W. 1!. Toltoli, Ilrector n Public Relations, O.A,C - Mrs. J. R. Fuk‘her, President, and Mrs. Hugh Suin- ‘mEl‘Sl Past President of the F,Wr1.0. It was produced by John A Colombo, Kitchener. ‘ V V V The film will now be available for showing to \\' niens InstituOtt-s all over Ontario and the rest of Canada. and a copy is being sent to' ntario House, London, England. where it will be available for showings in BEtImtn. ‘ To secure this film write direct to the Department of Il’ub IC e a ions, Film Extension Division, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelp L CONSERVATION “Real continuityâ€"real love of one’s countryâ€"real permanenceâ€"has to do with the earth and man’s love of the soil upon which he lives". In carrying out our aim of the Women’s Institute. “For Home and Country", we have confined our ac» tivltles more to matters within the realrn of the home and of those social services which pertain to it and the community. In these affairs our mem- bers have demonstrated their oreâ€" eniinence in conservation, therefore, there will be little ditficultiy in broad- ening the extent of interest especially when the subject is of such vital illiâ€" portance in our lives. During this period of history changes seem more evident than in former times. Some pass almost un- noticed right before our eves, and their importance is not real Ad until it I: almost too late to rectify them. liet there are many changes in our farm lands that even our _vouli':er members must have noticedâ€"for ex- ampleâ€"dry wells that used tobeflowiiie all the yearâ€"creeks nnd rivcrs that flowed all summer, which now in sum- mer are almost dry, while in spring they are in full flood. overflowing their banks and cutting ever deepen- intz gullies iii the hillsides, carrying away the preciuug top soil that has taken centuries to put there. At a Georgia State Agricultural College ullc acre of ground farmed by the us ll methods used in cotton L'ultn'ur iiun. sliuu‘uil on average loss of tulls or tut: soil it year. over it period of live yen This is doing on all urcl' at var iii: degrees, The conditions and developments pertaining [u thcin have worried [Iiuse studying,r them for some (“HP and it i: only iiisdoni for the Eellt‘l‘tll public [u got illt'urliizillon liiid realize it for themselves. There arc a number of causes but the i’ll‘.\t to be mentioned is the tier plL'LIUlI of the forest and nuud lot. \\lllCl’| should never be lcft unfcnced and proud. and the di'nininu of the swamps, those natural reservoirs of the countl' '. It is said the effective woodlot area is now under 10’. ill Ontario wlicrclis to hold the normal soil water table throughout the year 20'} is necessary, For those studying stoti ics closely the fact is known that our soil in On- tario is not producing per acre “hat it did former ', This is more evident in the old sett -d counties, but there is no more cu ly accessible virgin soil for poor farmers to move "to mine" or “to destroy" us some. not too strongly. liumc it. We all kiiuw pnor soil nlukes pour crops, poor sr-rubby slot-k, pour ulldcrliuurlslicll moon. and none know better thlill our ineln- burs that its nil indiviiluul's lll|‘i be» comes limited he loses l‘lll or) iii- ti-lliucncc and initiative. 'I'l'l coll- Ilitiuii can soon pervade llll‘ wholl- ei-nnmnlc structure of a nation. We have only to sully thi- hlslur‘,’ of (him. llidi .\ u and Noi-lhcrn Afr rica to I'L‘lll nllci'c pl‘L’hL‘lli methods are leading u,. This pl‘cilicillilent 1:7 due in port to the 'ly settlers looklni: oii thc irch us on enemy iind 2i lll'c menace, and inter lo the carelessness and the [:irk of knowledge of those who ilel' cd thch own living and that or their country from the land. Auri- culturc is the base of our whole ccun» only. It is the stability of our nation both ill prmluction liiid menâ€"for many of our greatest men hnve come from the farm. Therefore. it is it challenge like that which confronted the first pionecrs. Good farmers and fariiic " wives mth be the most intelligent. deeply interested and well VEI'SL'IJ in agricultural subjects. To gain this objective. there must be earnest study by observation of books, These can be secured from the Ontario Forestry llepnrtnicnt in the following booklets: (I) Culinar- uska Report, ('2) Report of the 0n< tul-io Royul Commission on Forestry, (3) Note Book of a Conservntion t Abroad, (4) Conservation and Post War Rehiibilitution. and other pamph- lcts which will be very enlightening though often depressing. But ongis encouraged when one learns that it may not be too late to restore old worn out farms, and that suflicient woodlots, if new planted, will retard the run oi? and maintain the water supply for all purposes through the year. The following pamphlets from the same source and also the Depart- ment of Agriculture deal with these subjects: (1) Reforestation and Its Relation to Conservation, (2) Farm Home I’lnntiliu. (3) Making: Money and Saving Soil. (4) Farm Fertility Facts. (5) Trees for Schools. [6) 1m- provement of Rural School Grounds. [7) The (‘oilnty Reforestation Act. (X) Farm Woodlots in Eastern Canada. from the Commitch on Forestry, National Research Council of Canada. Ottawa. Further two excellent ones from the American Agricultural Depart ment. Washington. I),C.: (ll) Flinn Bulletin 1810. {10) Cons r\‘lition of Water Bulletin (173-12). Then in it very pleasant form. but startlingly clear. {acts as stntell by Louis Bloomfield in "Pleasant Vallcy". also “Natural Principals of Land Use", by deurd N (il‘uhzlln. llnd greatest of nil, “The Agricultural Testaliirnt", by that grcilt Eliglishr iiluli, Sir Albert Hmlnrd For those who u h to brim: the ill-.itlci- huinc ililo tin-ll u\\ll gardens. "l‘lli Dirt". by J. l. liudule who ulsn uroli- “(finn- pust and Him to Make It". The Untliriu Agricultural Associa- tiuii and the Forestry Coiiiiilllice ult' donutr good work but they need and welcome the i'urce and tumor of the inlt‘lllfl'ulil notion of the Women's lll- siltutcs In helium.r to mini-m the general public, oruurie [lll Municipal Cuilln‘lls to establish [Mlllhlllll .lnil culliliy forests on \ to land and im- prove the methods o' lttllll llnv lliat cull \lttlnll ui' Still. unit“ I‘ :, pliIlII> llinl \iild life may bu rlérlll‘l‘tl it in ii SIIKKESIILIII [lint llll‘ liruilches hzne llnâ€"ir members study some [ll bust ill' the above lJtIlHllllll‘lS linll books and place them ill the l‘iilvlir and “Hill Schools as null (is in Public [libraries null, ; n.- plliclni: on... m thc Schools, ilii'ui'lllntliin llL‘ sci-tired {ruin the Henll (Wire 01‘ the Llntnriu }ltll'll(‘lll[tll’lil Assmiutlun :illuul the annual contest lllltl Mr. J, E. personally spunors nnd have ptlplln cult-r Ilicsc i'ulnpi'titllln‘ The need is tremendous lilld as ('linr will is being lonka to nil-re and Inuit? iin‘ u sourcr of fund to supply nlli-ld» nlde short gas \w- liltht fli'tl'lli and nasllmc our Iinl-c of this LU'EIIL respnih rilllllll\ it‘ no rush in Inv good lgliltclls’, (Ics'~ic ll, (iillir rilpx-inr, l‘unr >t‘|\lllllJil and Hello .ttlun t‘olnnni tcc, lint. Horticultural A l-l i'nrtcr the HEALTH STUDY BUREAU MATERIAL Tilt' sending of Health Study lllll‘enu nioterlol to Ill-nin-h lnstlloirs has lll‘l'll dlsrunilllnwl. This innlui'llll is still uvlillzilllc and mill Iw wvilrcll ilii- llL‘lAlllI Study . West. Toronto C. l._\- \KI'lllllLf dim-ll liul‘cno, 1:“ [Hour JUNIOR WOMEN‘S INS’Tl'll'l'E ANDJI'XIUR lltllll‘l\l.\l\’ll\(i ('Ill'li SCHOLARSHIP l’l'lVll 0n Mulch 1.7, 104x, $117,!!UU “tn tilrncil ll\'i‘l' by the [:I‘Alt‘l’flit'll Women's Institutes of Ulituriu to the Unlarin Agricultural College for scholarships [or Mucdunald Institute. The ballnnn- of the Adcludc Houdlvss Fund will In- uscd as a nurlcus {or ii fund for schnlllraliips for rural girls pllrticl~ inning in Homclllnk' n! [dull and Junior Institutc Ai'tirlti '. It is hoped thlit llmny donations will be furthr coming from Vl'oiilcii's Institutes, and that l anch Institutes will give locill publil-it to this and do everything in their powcr to raise the balance ill this fund, in order to give assurance that these scholarships will be continued over a number of years. Send donations direct to Mrs. John H. McCullocli. secretary-treasurer. F.W.I.O., no. 2, Brampton, om.