268 Miracles Ahead! 



ultra-violet rays of the sun will pour unhindered. Under care- 

 fully controlled temperatures and through the use of highly 

 concentrated chemically created fertilizing agents, these farms 

 of the future may deliver 12 crops per year; may produce 

 much higher yields per crop. And the chemical industry, by 

 reason of its ever broadening demand for farm products as 

 raw materials may well provide a permanent and economi- 

 cally sound solution to the recurring problem of surplus crops 

 that plagued the American farmer in the years before the 



war." 



Ships without Crews 



If Steinmetz's prediction of dirt-cheap electricity comes 

 true, the railroad will receive a boost that will permit it to 

 compete more strongly with the auto and airplane. 



"Cheap electricity will transform the railway," wrote Wal- 

 demar Kaempifert. "Our individualistically operated locomo- 

 tives will give way to electric locomotives that derive their 

 energy from one of fifty or a hundred enormous central sta- 

 tions erected at strategic points." 



The day may also come when the crew on the flagship will 

 sail all the ships of a fleet. The late Nikola Tesla, great scien- 

 tific genius, contended a few years ago that radiodynamic 

 control would make it possible for us to send crewless ships 

 across the ocean. 



Edible "Cans" 



Getting back home, consider the fact that you may some- 

 day dump the contents of a can of beans into the saucepan 

 and then chop up the can and toss it in, too. If it were a corn- 

 flavored can we would have a tasty bowl of succotash. Presi- 

 dent Willard H. Dow of the Dow Chemical Company re- 



