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Science and Industry 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE 
Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry. 
Vol. 2. JANUARY, 1920. No. |. 
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Research in Non-ferrous Metals. 
Production Increased by Plant Breeding. 
The British Empire Sugar Research 
Association . 
Australian Woods for Tobacco Pipes. ; 
Feeding Value of Prickly Pear. 
The Guayule Rubber Plant. 
The Guayule Rubber Industry. 
America Encourages Research. 
The Alert Japanese. J 
An Imperial Agricultural Bureau. 
War Materials — Nitrogen Fixation and 
Sodium Cyanide. A 
Fixed Nitrogen Research in the United 
States of America. 
Producer Gas for Internal Combustion 
Engines, 
The British National Physical Laboratory. 
Marine Research. 
National Safety and Scientific Research. 
Pest Parasites. 
Tasmanian Timber Industry, 
Potato Flour. : 
Chemistry of Potato Flour. 
Bread from Potato Flour. » 
Fumigation Investigations. 
Farm Tractor Trials. 
Conclusions from the Trials. 
Air-tight Storage, Destroys Grain Insects. 
Insect Pest Changes Diet, 
* Anti-malaria Work in the Adzean. 
Power-alcohol and Starch from Macrozamia., 
Entomological Research in England. 
Concentration of Sweet Cider by Refrigeration. 
The Application of Electricity to Increase Crop Production. By Ewen 
Mackinnon, B.A., Resco! Wie tes 
Activities of the Institute . iy. he 2 a “Be 1 3e 30 
An Engineering Standards Association for Australia |... hopes tates 43 
The Prickly Pear. By E. N. Robinson ... Fe ny ero hs 45 
Science in Agriculture. By Capt. W. R. Birks ... TF aa a 52 
Personal. Mr. G: D. Delprat, OBE... 4, = 5 ree 
Reviews ; : 63 
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