Abstract
ONE of the outstanding features of the War was the abnormal shortage of food for man and beast, fertilisers for agricultural use, and of many other substances regarded as essential for various economic purposes. The urgency of the need led to a diligent search for substitutes, many of which were found among unregarded bye-products and so-called waste materials and among wild and cultivated plants of every description. Many of these substitutes merely supplied the need of the moment, and fell into disuse as soon as the crisis was past. Others were of more permanent value and in certain cases have retained a definite economic position.
Uses of Waste Materials: the Collection of Waste Materials and their Uses for Human and Animal Food, in Fertilisers, and in Certain Industries, 1914–1922.
By Prof. Arturo Bruttini. (International Institute of Agriculture, Rome.) Pp. xx + 367. (London: P. S. King and Son, Ltd., 1923.) 12s. net.
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B., W. Uses of Waste Materials: the Collection of Waste Materials and their Uses for Human and Animal Food, in Fertilisers, and in Certain Industries, 1914–1922. Nature 114, 460 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114460a0
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