Show make em grow by electricity the electrification of plants la Is the now new gardeners recipe for making things grow like jacks beanstalk in 1904 square yards of kitchen garden were electrified by the overhead discharge dl charge system and compared with controls gooseberries goose berries yielded 17 per cont cent increase strawberries 36 80 per cent increase tomatoes none in another plot carrots yielded 50 per cent increase and beets 30 per cent with an increase of one per cent sugar content under similar treatment in 1906 20 acres of wheat were treated tied with discharge wires at a considerable sid erable height a and nd high tension cur rent the lucrease increase over control was waa 39 per cent the electrified wheat kara gave a better quality of flour |