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Show Finding Hew Markets For Farmers . ... "i ' "- ' 'r' TFI 4 "r ' ', 4 ' . : I i - ' i 'A I U ' , i i ' ' 1 L -wAi n v - i 1 , t " - ' j "','' , ' 1 1 WpyW W1 'W.M w.W.'AM ' 1WJJ-' " 1 ' ' -J1J ' ' ' ' " " lMJ 'i l r j - -I Henry Ford studies plastics with Robert A. Boyer, who is in charge of research in this field. Long ago the auto manufacturer visioned a new age when harvests har-vests of the fields would become raw products of industry. His first commercial success in decorative deco-rative plastics was in turning soybeans soy-beans into instrument board clusters. With certain other crops he has now advanced so far in structural plastics that he says he will be building a wholly plastic body within a few years a body that will be lighter and stronger than steel. "Only door locks and hinges will be of metal," says Mr. Ford. Possibly a growing shortage of steel and the dwindling dwin-dling foreign markets for agriculture agricul-ture will hurry along the plastic car. |