New Machines And Gadgets Parade Across Science Service
A roundup of inventions includes an oyster opener that guides a knife blade, an indoor pistol with a band target board, an anti mildew sail chemical, an automatic street light switch with a dusk to dawn timer, a dog kennel for airline shipment, a fire fighting nozzle for foam, collapsible tubes with plastic coatings, and a Swiss plywood substitute from random wood wastes. Readers can request Godge Bulletin 522 by sending a three cent stamp to Science Service in Washington D C.
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Tomato Starters Boost Yields For Transplanted Seedlings
Science Service reports that applying a half cup of dissolved fertilizer around each transplanted tomato seedling can add up to 1.5 tons per acre. Machines often perform the application automatically, and similar starter solutions have shown success with peppers eggplants melons and cabbage on poorer soils.
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New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Science Service
From Now On Mathematics Will Be Vital to Research
A 1950 Science Service outlook stresses mathematics as queen of sciences and engine of technology. It notes algebraic turns for infinite problems, improved quality control, and the rise of fast computing devices altering training and numerical tables. It predicts broader use in production and science across disciplines.
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Science Service
United States
U. S. Patent Office
Make Knockdown Yard Exerciser For Swing And Ring
Build a simple wooden frame to hold a swing trapeze and ropes in your yard. Use 4 by 4 timbers and 2 by 4 supports to a seven foot high frame, with eye bolts or bolts and large washers, stabilize with auto tow chains and rope guys, dig footing holes, oil metal parts, and store dismantled in winter.
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Ten Cent
Science Service
Nature Ramblings on the Pelican Identity and Pouch
The piece extols pelicans as large grotesque birds with comical faces and expandable pouches under their bills used as fish nets. It notes quick recognition by observers and a humorous crowd reciting a limerick about the bird’s pouch and fish-holding capacity.
Pelicans Use Coarse Dives and Pouches in Fishing
The text explains how pelicans dive into water with a splash and use their expandable pouch to catch fish. After swallowing, they release excess water and the fish, aided by air pockets under the forward underbody. Pelicans are gregarious, nesting in colonies along coasts or lake shores and often fishing cooperatively in flocks.
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Science Service
Science Helps Japan Grow Food for Bigger Population
Japan faces a population nearing 82 million with only 17 million acres of arable land. Reconstruction and land reclamation are expanding, aided by soil surveys, fertilizers, and insect control, while hybrid rice, improved wheats, and seeds boost yields. Coastal fisheries and new boats support food supply as Japan aims for 92 million people by 1960.
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Japan
United Nations Begins World Agriculture Census
The FAO launches a world census to map farms, livestock, land use, and farming conditions across nations. Training centers in Baghdad Mexico City Paris Cairo and New Delhi support standardized definitions amid diverse counting methods. The first world agricultural snapshot is hoped for 1952 or 1953.
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Baghdad
Middle East
Mexico City
Latin America
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Cairo
New Delhi
India
Asia
Far East
Conrad Taeuber
FAO
England
Ireland
South Africa
United States
United Nations Organization
Taeuber
Thailand
Science Service
Stovepipe booster cuts home fuel bills
Charles P. Grimes of Syracuse introduces a factory built stainless steel stovepipe booster with an external motor and thermostat to boost anthracite burning. The device promises potential fuel savings and can pull air through deep ash and coal beds.
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Charles P. Grimes
Grimes Engineering Company
Syracuse
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