Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-21

m old industries, but at the same time
they will open up millions of jobs in
now businesses. Here is a synopsis of
the novel inventions:
1. Agriculture: Perhaps the most
violent upheavals will come in farm
ing methods. Mechanical Cotton Pick
, ers promise as revolutionary changes
! in the South as McCormick's harvest
ers brought in the West. Thousands
of sharo-crcppers and millions of field
hands will be displaced. But lower
cotton prices should boost demand for
textiles, while the making and repair
ing Of cotton pickers will bull, new
industry. 1888 may tell how soon the
South must face these readjustments
in her cotton economy.
Cheap Tractors are soon to come on
the market at price within the reach
of nearly every farmer. In addition
to opening up jobs for their builders.
these tractors will mean new records
for farm output, thus adding to our
agricultural 'surpluses."
Chemurgy-the converting of farm
products into industrial materials by
chemical treatment-will open new
markets for our farm "surpluses'. A
brief list of progress to date: Roads
made from cotton, cosmetics from
oats, glass from milk, paint and au-
tomobile parts from sOy-beans. The
time is virtually here when automo-
bile bodies and hundreds of industrial
parts will be made from wheat-chaff,
corn-husks, and similar farm by-pro-
ducts.
Tray Agriculture may make even
city families partially Independent of
truck gardeners. Certain vegetable
crops are now being planted in COM
pact liquid chemical trays which con-
tain all necessary plant flood elements
Results are phenomanally large and
productive of tomato, potato and
strawberry plants "Tray farming is
still in the experimental stage, but
lower living costs and more factory
and servicing jess are the potential
results.
2. Science: In the industrial pro-
gress of the last decade, science mas
been the trail-blaZer. Flastics nave
been a spearhead. They come from
vegetable substances. Bakelite, gaia
18th, celluloid, pyroxylin, and similar
synthetic materials are displaclng
wood. glass metal, and paper In the
making of such products as FOUNTAIN
pens, ash-trays, jewelry, kitchenware'
and knickknacls.
Artificial Fibres are made from Gel
lUlose which in turn is produced from
liant stalks. Rayon is a well-Known
artificial silk fibre. But now wool
fihres are to be spun IN factories
rather than sheared on the sheep
ranches. BIG changes are ahead III
wooden mills, sheep raising, ana al
lied occupations.
Synthetic Rubber has long been 2
dream of the chemists-not just "
make rubber cheaper thar II can pe
raised" but to do things natural rup-
Der cannot do They have finally sue
ceedad but costs are still TOO Nigh
Coal is a major ingredient. Gasoline
under a new Refrigeration process
also comes from coal. These TWO oe-
valonments give new hope to that
hard-hit industry.
Tolovision still has technical pro-
b,ems which prevent it from being
successful commercially. IL Is now
out of the laboratory, however, any,
is a sure-fire new industry "i.lii,l
this generation. The changes "nicn
television would bring beggar the
imagination.
3. Housing was the major lasga[ :.
in our 1857 business recovery l.
is the key log in our current econo
mic jam. 49, foroc
prnfa IRRIGATION will some day 1orce
building TO drop it's medieval nam
roor and cow" customs but so far re-
snlts have been disappointing. Habits
ond b,,ilding people are holding back