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Show ANIMAL FERTILIZERS. A New Vfey to 1'roTlile 1'Unte with Electricity. Elec-tricity. A dead nnlmnl of any kind, flsli, fowl or beast, burled near tho roots of a fruit or other treo, will cause a wonderful won-derful growth, says Foster's Weather llurcau. The animal substanco docs not puss Into tho vegetable, but being n .natural and a powerful generator ot electricity, Increases tho current that passes from tlie atmospnere to tho earth, and thereby a larger quantity of support Is drawn from tho atmosphere. You can grow n good a-op of potatoes on n brick pavement If moisture Is retained re-tained nud the potato vines aro connected con-nected with moist earth by copper wires. Commercial fertilizers do not enrich the soil, do not add anything to it that Is of value. Tho objoct sought In these fertilizers U to put tho sod Into a condition con-dition that will enable it to, conduct electricity. The electrical current pa!.ses Into tho vcgotablo through its leaves, currying with It tho gross matter mat-ter that goes to build up the vegetable cells, and after that matter Is deposited In tho vegctablo tho electric current must hove n conductor through which to pass to the earth. Worn-out aolls nro poor conductors, and tho nclds used In the commercial fertilizer ., which nro llttlo moro than nr I ' , nnd sand, pulverize tho dead soil nnd enliven It for a short time. Those acid fertilizers aro largely used In tho Now England states nnd In the cotton countries castot tho Mississippi. Hut few people In tho upper Mississippi Missis-sippi and tho Missouri valleys ever saw 11 commercial fertilizer. If sclonce can And something that will render worn-out worn-out soil a good conductor It will savo millions ot dollars annually that is now paid out for commercial fertilizers, |