--- title: 'Atoms for Peace poster, Philippines p. 6: Farm and Power (English photo sheet distributed in the Philippines)' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/atoms-for-peace-poster-philippines-p6-farm-and-power-english-1956/ description: Page 6 of an English-language folded photo sheet, 'How the Peaceful Atom Works...', with bands 'On the Farm' and 'For Power Production'. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Atoms for Peace poster, Philippines p. 6: Farm and Power [![Atoms for Peace poster, Philippines p. 6: Farm and Power, 1956 US poster: Page 6 of an English-language folded photo sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/atoms-for-peace-poster-philippines-p6-farm-and-power-english-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/atoms-for-peace-poster-philippines-p6-farm-and-power-english-1956.jpg) # Atoms for Peace poster, Philippines p. 6: Farm and Power (English photo sheet distributed in the Philippines) Page 6 of an English-language folded photo sheet, 'How the Peaceful Atom Works...', with bands 'On the Farm' and 'For Power Production'. Photographs show radioisotope poultry tests at a Rizal institute, treated potatoes and peanuts, a New York atomic power company opening, a four-step reactor diagram and plant models. The tell is glittering-generalities: 'promises of the immediate future' and 'blessings of electricity' frame atomic power as a remedy for food and fuel scarcity. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` HOW THE PEACEFUL ATOM WORKS... ON THE FARM Food is one of the greatest pro- blems of our time. The atom has contributed greatly to a com- pletely new understanding of the life forces of growth and here- dity so important to food pro- duction. Atomic research has already produced entirely new strains of farm crops. Larger crop yields, savings in fertili- zer cost, and cheaper meat are promises of the immediate future. Laboratory assistant at the Araneta Institute of Agriculture in Caloocan, Rizal, uses radioisotopes to test different poultry feeding formulas. Chicken is fed radioactive food to learn how eggs are formed. Such tests lead to better feeding methods and increased egg production. Atom-radiated potatoes like those in lower row have remained fresh for two years. Untreated potatoes of same age in upper row have withered and sprouted. Peanut plant at left, grown from atomic-treated seed, produced one-third more peanuts than the best known plant strain (right), which was not treated. FOR POWER PRODUCTION The atom promises to become one of the world's major sources of power. Future atomic plants will generate electricity in much the same way as the present- day power plant. This will solve the problems of those na- tions which have limited fuel resources and will bring the blessings of electricity to re- gions now lacking supplies of coal, petroleum, or water power. STEAM WATER 1 HEAT FROM REACTOR— 2 TURNS WATER INTO STEAM IN HEAT EXCHANGER 3 STEAM TURBINE SPINS GENERATOR WHICH FURNISHES ELECTRIC POWER— 4 TO LIGHT AND RUN A CITY America's first privately-operated atomic electric power company began service in N.Y. in July, 1955. This simplified diagram represents in the most elemen- tal manner the process by which heat from atomic fission is converted into electricity for homes and factories. Model of first atomic-powered elec- tric plant in Pennsylvania. Below: Nuclear power station near New York City will provide power for 500,000 homes. 6 ``` [← Atoms for Peace poster, Philippines p. 5: Hospital and Factory (English photo sheet distributed in the Philippines)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/atoms-for-peace-poster-philippines-p5-hospital-factory-english-1956/) [Victories of our armed forces photo poster (Khmer poster distributed in Phnom Penh) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cambodian-army-victories-photo-poster-phnom-penh-1956/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Gypsum alabaster slab inscribed in cuneiform, from Nimrud (Kalhu), reign of Ashurnasirpal II](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nimrud-slab-ashurnasirpal-ii-inscription-883bce/) (Neo Assyrian Empire · 0000 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Colour lithograph of the Latin text of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti on the wall of the temple of Roma and Augustus at Ancyra, with the heading in large letters (Perrot, Guillaume and Delbet, 1872)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lithograph-res-gestae-ancyra-heading-0014/) (Roman Empire · 0014 · Card stacking, Glittering generalities) - [Bronze sestertius of Trajan, reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C, the emperor on horseback riding down an enemy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sestertius-trajan-optimo-principi-0103/) (Roman Empire · 0103 · Testimonial, Glittering generalities) - [Gold solidus of Constantine I, reverse RESTITVTORI LIBERTATIS](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/solidus-constantine-i-restitutori-libertatis-0313/) (Roman Empire · 0313 · Glittering generalities) - [Gold solidus of Justinian I, reverse VICTORIA AVGGG with Victory holding a Christogram staff](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/solidus-justinian-i-victoria-avggg-0538/) (Byzantine Empire · 0538 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I (Royal Museums Greenwich version), oil on panel](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/armada-portrait-elizabeth-i-greenwich-1588/) (England · 1588 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Medal of Elizabeth I: portrait in a ruff, reverse an ark on stormy waves with SAEVAS TRANQVILLA PER VNDAS (18th-century aftercast of a 1588 model)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/elizabeth-i-ark-medal-aftercast-1588/) (England · 1588 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Frontispiece to Eikon Basilike, The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings (Hollar, 1649)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eikon-basilike-frontispiece-hollar-1649/) (Dutch Republic · 1649 · Transfer, Glittering generalities)