Show Grow Your Own Car Era Nears blears Says Ford fiord Citing Plastic Strides WAYS Ga March 11 P JP- JP Henry Ford envisions a day only several years off when a farmer grout crow mAd nf of the I materials going Into his Ms motor motorcar car and perhaps provide the fuel from plants as well Well have an experimental body ready at our plant in a month or so made chiefly of plastics from cellulose fibers easily grown the Detroit automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile manufacturer said Tuesday Tues Tues- day The plastic body will be several several several sev sev- eral hundred pounds lighter and will be a better body for several reasons he added Ford said the field of plastics is almost unlimited and well we'll wellsee wellsee see them used more and more morein morein morein in houses and offices instead of wood He displayed some attractive bath and kitchen tiles and what appeared to be silk socks Those tile were made from corn cobs and tree bark right here in our laboratory Ford asserted The socks used to be ordinary sawdust He said it was known that if necessary we can produce satisfactory fuels for engines from potatoes es corn corn ri rice e and other farm products Heading Fords Ford's laboratory at athis athis his Georgia plantation is Harry G. G who worked with the late Thomas A. A Edison Chemists here also are studying studying studying study study- ing ramie a fiber from which the ancient Egyptians made madeine fine ine cloth for wrapping their mummies An experimental patch indicates the south Georgia Georgia Georgia Geor Geor- gia soil and climate are well suited for its growth Fords Ford's Georgia chemists also see great possibilities in crotalaria crotalaria crotalaria crota- crota laria a common cover crop for poor southern lands It has hat been used for both rayon and plastics The laboratory here also uses the lignin the material which gives plants plants- their strength and heretofore little investigated for plastics Ford said other experiments were under way to get away from materials of prime importance importance importance tance to national defense Many new materials which can be made from growing fast-growing plants will aid in conserving minerals in years to come come he declared The manufacturer said chemistry chemistry chemistry chem chem- would help to renew an interest in agriculture and he advocated farming for security A farm boy ought to be able to fill his pockets full of seeds and make himself a good living from them he added |