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  1. Hydraulic Motors

    Date released
    1972
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    103
    NoS ID
    325456
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: A tractor without clutch, axles, universal coupling, or drive shafts, yet it can amble across some of the roughest, boggiest country imaginable. It’s just one practical application of the...

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  2. Potatoes (1994 Video)

    Director
    Suzanne Campbell-Jones
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Notes the importance of potatoes in the human diet and the world economy, and looks at how scientists are using genetically engineering better, sweeter, and disease-resistant crops.

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  3. Root System

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    55
    NoS ID
    351061
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: A plant depends on its roots and its roots depend on... what? The results of this fascinating research into the root system could bring about a big saving in labour, expense and time.

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  4. Fungal Insecticide

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    206
    NoS ID
    325879
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Greenfly; their prodigious rate of reproduction - up to ten million tons of insects within three months - make them a threat to agriculture. The insecticides normally used to combat greenfly...

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  5. Plant Factory (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at oilseed rape, which has become a major crop in England, and discusses its many uses. Genetic engineers hybridise it with alien species and materials, to produce plastics, oil and foodstuffs.

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  6. Storing The Harvest

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    519
    NoS ID
    326809
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: London Line takes a look at African technologists on a course in Britain from which they will return home as experts on storing the harvest for future needs.

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  7. Wild Oats

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    110
    NoS ID
    325482
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: The poisoned handshake. Farmers rogueing wild oats from their fields now use a special glove which squeezes herbicide onto the weed without affecting the rest of the crop.

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  8. Hoverpallet

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    48
    NoS ID
    351029
    Story no
    4 / 5

    COI synopsis: Taking over where the tractor leaves off on the farm, the hoverpallet! Carrying loads of up to 1000 lbs, it floats with ease over newy sown ground or rocky pathways, a very valuable and gentle...

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  9. Tana

    Date released
    1972
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    108
    NoS ID
    325473
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: A system called hydroponics grows grass quickly and without soil. Neat layers of rapidly-grown turf can be transported to wherever they are needed without robbing natural pasture for fresh turf.

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  10. McGredy Roses

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    Calendar
    Issue no
    251
    NoS ID
    324170
    Story no
    4 / 7

    COI synopsis: In the warm moist soil of Northern Ireland the McGredy family help supply the world’s insatiable demand for roses in ever more varieties.

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