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certain seasons. Such factories produce parts of products 

 assembled by larger factories, or partly manufactured mate- 

 rials to be completed elsewhere. In other fields of manufac- 

 turing it has been found also that small plants in rural areas 

 have advantages. If manufacturing continues to spread in this 

 way, this movement too will aid in solving present farm 

 problems." 



In its report on postwar planning the National Resources 

 Planning Board noted that the war program had accelerated 

 the spread of plants to small cities and towns throughout the 

 country. It urged that plants in certain communities be oper- 

 ated after the war to prevent the dislocation of farming and 

 business life in those communities. 



As we see it, the farmer can look forward to a postwar 

 world in which advances in chemurgy and many other fields 

 will bring him a higher income and better living and working 

 conditions. 



