VILLAGE INDUSTRIES.
A cheering illustration of the vitality of the small village industry is contained M a list_ of some of the questions that 11,000 and more correspondents have sent to the Rural Industries Bureau (27 Bedford Square, W.C. 1) within the last twelve months. The examples are taken at random : straw rope and straw envelopes, wood-wool, hurdle-making, lapidary work, wind-driven lighting and power sets, fire-proofing of thatch, tempering of springs, kiln-drying of timber, sericulture, water-wheels, toys of many sort, with a mass of questions on blacksmith's and sadler's work, on welding and on weaving.
The first step to be taken by anyone interested in any local• industry is to communicate with the Bureau, whose greatest virtue is that is keeps expert advice at its elbow—to which more power !
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