SOIL HEATING.
MAKING HEADWAY IN CANADA
TORONTO (Canada), December 3
Electric soil heating for the propagation of seeds and promoting the growth of young plants ha.s demonstrated its value in Canada, and rapidly is passing the experimental stage. The .Dominion Department of Agriculture reports electrical installations in Ontario greenhouses having proved satisfactory. Also ,in hotbeds and cold frames for propagating seeds of tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, melons, sweet potatoes and certain flowers the use of electric soil heating has proved its usefulness. In the fruitgrowing district west of Toronto under-soil heating has expedited the development of seedlings to the planting-out stage by about three weeks, it is stated. There are now nearly 200 installations of such heating systems in Ontario, i
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 307, 28 December 1935, Page 6
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