Show college research given credit for speeding building trades washington prospects of a 15 per cent increase in residential const construction ruction in 1940 over 1939 add significance to the contribution made to the building industry by research laboratories of american colleges and universities versi ties during the past decade these research activities have made it possible to get more for each building dollar and effect economies of about on the nations nation S annual home construction bill according to a survey by the national home builders bureau the survey attaches more ordinary significance to the value of new discoveries by technicians in institutions of higher learning although only a comparatively small portion of the money expended on industrial research is available to campus chemists physicists and technical experts their contribution to economic recovery has been tar far greater than generally realized the report stated farmer aided by research the work done by agricultural colleges and university experimental groups in aiding the farmer is perhaps p er more widely recognized modern modem methods of 0 crop rotation more diversified use of farm products intensified fied ways of cultivation have all benefited from the activities in campus laboratories however college research has also developed such aids to better building as a new method of adhering structural glass to concrete to form a single glass stone unit improved weather conditioning of the home tor for both winter and summer comfort a wide variety of plastics better paints and lacquers it has been estimated conservatively by building engineers that research in academic laboratories during the past 10 years into new and improved uses tor for building materials has cut six cents off every dollar spent tor for such products |