Show scientific AGIS AGE IS JUST STARTING SAV SAVANTS ANTS CLAIM tomorrows farmer will guide tractor from his front porch soap smokeless powder from cottonseed ice fertilizer from the air wool without benefit of sheep rubber sponges from cotton and wood these miracles are today taking form in sciences test tubes and crucibles cruci bles A myriad of other developments equally spectacular will soon take place in farm W N aa reading matter via radio heres the broadcasting apparatus used by a st louis experimental peri mental facsimile radio slade n to tran transmit smil specially prepared facsimile pers ing home design transportation food distribution and architecture if we take the word of the worlds leading scientists and industrial engineers stimulated by wide interest in the world of tomorrow these scientific gentlemen are doing extensive crystal gazing nowadays and their predictions based on experience gained in americas efficient industrial laboratories give a kaleidoscopic picture of our civilization liza tion a decade or so from now factory machinery tor for instance will eat more agricultural products than will be consumed as food officials of leading chemical companies assert the tremendous demands upon the farm which will be made by manufacturers of plastics synthetic yarns and sina similar ilar substitutes will result in an entirely new concept of agriculture gasoline from potatoes alcohol motor fuel will be made from molasses corn irish and sweet potatoes or from artichokes dr W L owen a baton rouge consulting bacteriologist has pre ducted we can establish he de dared an aarol motor fuel in austry that will enormously enrich the farmer without any imposition whatever on the motorist all great britaina Brit ains food requirements could be produced on a small part of the soil of the british isles in the light of even knowledge bertrand russell eminent british scientist recently wrote the sa hara desert he said can be made fertile by preventing evaporation pt of the dew in a slightly more distant future he said there is the tha possibility of synthetic food which would destroy the necessity for agriculture ri and thus transform politics and social lif life e picture the comfortable life of tomorrows farmer taking things easy on the porch while directing a tractor across his fields by pressing a series of buttons such a tractor system is being developed by robert mize of earlimart Earli mart calif with another sef set of buttons the farmer may be able to fertilize his acreage by passing electric currents through the soil experiments along these lines by the boyce thompson institute have increased yields of corn strawberries and cabbages by as much as 20 per cent farm products will be hauled to city markets on glass highways according to dr john F caton director of research engineering for the chrysler corporation glass springs tor for beds glass radio sets glass roof shingles and glass razor blades were also envisioned by dr caton As a matter of fact scientists refer to the coming era as the glass age particularly in respect to the home and architecture generally architects will specify glass walls tor for american homes walls which may disappear into the floor at the turn of a crank john D biggers president of libbey owens ford glass company last month told a convention of woodwork jobbers windows will be lowered and raised by pressing a button he predicted and the typical house of tomorrow will havea roof of atthe the new heat ab corbing plate glass which absorbs infrared infra red rays of the sun the cult of light and sunshine apparently Is spreading to automobile manufacturers manufacture ers since 1939 models boast 18 to 30 per cent more window space subsequent changes it is reported will further increase driving visibility with several man possibly pos sibly tol following lowin g the lead taken byble producer ln knoffer offer ing a sed sedan abw with alfh 9 sliding panel ari in the top of the car improvements in safety glass manufacture indies inc reas ing even the present high ratio of safety are to in the immediate offing airplane i carr carrying i f passengers and tons of baggage will vill zoom through the air at a mile per hour clip according to an engineer of lockheed aira airplane lane company passengers will be carried in the wings propelled by six 2500 horse power engines placed so that traveling mechanics I 1 may make repairs at night these flying palaces will have recreational facilities promenade decks and individual state rooms other developments in store for the next decade des described C ailed riled by au ay M t Is this tomorrows world norman bet bel geddes ceddes des designer igister of thi the highways and horizons exhibit for new nero yorks world fair air ponders a detail of a small metropolitan section of his 3 0 square foot fool future city th ties equally as prominent as the ones already quoted are window shades or blinds in the farmhouse of the next generation may be placed outside in stead instead of inside windows because this isme is me cne of the less intricate methods being studied to cut the cost coltof of home air conditioning water insulation will become prominent As insulation against cold outdoors a layer of water on flat roofs will drill be allowed to freeze in winter while in summer the layer would connect with a spray system co cooling olinc the air conditioning unit the farmers wife will have an easier life with a host of mechanical slaves at her beck and call such as washing machines machine with two dials one of which will select ahe proper temperature and the 0 ther other will regulate the aiming of the wash these machines will give clothes a good soaking scrub them and then apply a freshwater fresh water rinse telephone hohe answers itself lisell li self T telephone el ephone messages will be parked on a magnetized strip of steel until the absent party arrives to receive it when the messages will be relayed in chronological order through a loudspeaker of course the rural areas of america will have the advantage which television will bring aloni along with the growth of this marvel however may occur breathtaking breath taking advances in the field of radio itself so 4 8 M 3 A model of the dairy world of tomorrow to exhibit that it may be possible to telephone while touring in your car I 1 so overwhelming to the mind are the scientific accomplishments just around the corner that dr E past president of the american chemical society recently declared that stacked upla up against the future the ibe automobile is only 10 per cent developed the radio is only a day old and television less than an hour old transportation dr Weld lein said sad has just begun to benefit framl from science and modernization of homes presents a great industrial I 1 j I 1 eunity 4 a 6 western newspaper union |