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  1. Rare Breeds

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    550
    NoS ID
    326840
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Industrial success can bring its own problems. One of them is that modern farming has made some of the older breeds of farm animals uneconomic and they have been replaced by other breeds....

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  2. Fighting Fungi

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    169
    NoS ID
    325715
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Fighting disease with a fungus is a principle of crucial importance in medicine since the discovery of penicillin. Now it’s found to work in the plant world too: pear trees are being...

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  3. Spraying

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    329543
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: As yet there is no real alternative to crop spraying if we are to make sure that we are the ones who eat the food we grow. A range of sprayers that produce an extremely fine mist of oil based...

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  4. Sensing: Tasty Locusts

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    225
    NoS ID
    325942
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Senses, for tasting; touching; seeing. Senses for survival. This programme looks at the significance of our new understanding of sense mechanisms - in man, animal and machine. Researchers at...

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  5. Bee Sucks

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    87
    NoS ID
    329467
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: And, whether in cowslip’s bell or onion’s dome, it collects pollen, that vital message in genetic cypher which triggers off production of the seed. Agricultural entymologists are...

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  6. Dry Crops

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    142
    NoS ID
    325595
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: The anti-perspirant spray for plants. Plants selectively bred for crops lose a great deal more water through their leaves than their generic parents. Application of a new spray to prevent water...

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  7. Bees

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    533A
    NoS ID
    350616
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: For thousands of years one of the most valuable insects has been the honeybee, farmed throughout the world for its yields of honey and wax. Today, it has an increasingly important role to play...

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  8. Crystal Ball Farm Game

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    91
    NoS ID
    329474
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: If Old Macdonald were to up-date his farm he might well find himself installing a computer terminal. It may not be able to tell him when to plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the...

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  9. Unnecessary Waste: Grid Pastures

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    175
    NoS ID
    325739
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Sometimes we waste the resources we have around us, simply because we go about things the wrong way. Renewing green pasture has always meant clearing the field of cattle and letting it lie idle...

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  10. Ballerina Tractor

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    47
    NoS ID
    351020
    Story no
    3 / 5

    COI synopsis: A lightweight, speedy and highly manoeuvrable tractor that can pull any load or do any job on the farm. A perfect example of power with grace!

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