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Show ELECTRIFYING SOIL i j Using a double-bladed plow, ex- I "-':,:'f-r:f are in progress near KnciM-sti-r, New Yurk, uiieieiu f-lec-' i- "shot" into the soil as the p"' iv.oves iiioiif The plow, es-. es-. vi;ui. "nuipped and patented, re-'en.-c.-- lOO.WO volt-. The experiments i aturaKy are be:ng watched with (.-rowing interest. The theory advanced advan-ced is that tiie electricity servevs as i'er! iii::-.-r and at the same time is i! :ath to all foreign elements, such as weed life. These experiments havi; gone as far as to furnish -comparisons. Plantings have been analyzed with and without the electric treatment treat-ment and it is declared with tremendous tre-mendous advantage to the electrified soil. For instance, a piece of ground has been prepared for seeding under ordinary conditions, but planted with ceritifed seed after the soil has been highly fertilized. Alongside this acreage the soil was turned over with the "electric plow." No fertilizer .as usid, and seed was picked at random without certification. The facts as set out in the report on the experiment show that the certified seed required sixteen days to germinate, ger-minate, while the plain seed planted in the soil treated with the electric current came up in five days. The final report will come in the fall, when the crops are harvested. It is claimed that it all is a matter mat-ter of soil rejuvenation; that soil never wears out completely and that the electric treatment is similar to recharging a dead battery. When it is considered that scientific research re-search has discovered that certain wild crops, for years treated as pests weeds, if you please now are among the soil's most valuable assets as-sets as fertilizer, it would be absurd to contend that this electrifying process pro-cess is only a dream. .Electricity, used one way is death; in other ways it is life that we already know. Then, why. not a soil rejuvenator? Science may not he able to tell why, but if science shwows its usefulness, what reason to know why? Tribune. |