Garland Globe | 1908-03-21 | Page 7 | Electricity as Crop Aid

ELECTRICITY A8 CROP AID. Government Expert Has New Plan to Hasten Growth. Washington. Prof. Albert F. Wood, assistant chief of tho bureau of plant Industry, department of agriculture, la at work on a lino of exporlmonts which, If expected results aro obtained, ob-tained, will eliminate tho word "backward," "back-ward," as applied to crops, from tho farmer's vocabulary. Ho proposes to use electricity as n moans of hastening hasten-ing tho growth of plants and vegetables. vegeta-bles. That Is, ho expects to mako It possible to farm by electricity. Prof. Wood says that In Gormany certain crops aro raised by electricity. Why cannot tho same be dono In tho United States? ho asks himself. Noar tho department" of agrlculturo a plot of ground has boon overlayod nnd undorlayed with a system of wires. Whon. tho weathor becomos warmer ueod will bo planted and the current turned on. Prof. Wood says that tho experiments conducted In Gormany Bhow that by electricity sugar beets maturo a month earlier than In tho usual way, and that thoy contain moro sugar.